The paradox of organizational complexity in urban development
Boundary Spanners’ Handling of Citizen Proposals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6301799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sissel Hovik (Oslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway, corresponding author), Inger Marie Stigen (0000-0002-1894-8938, Oslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 314-333 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930.2022.2052857 |
| OpenAlex | W4221016349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
Although local governments establish various arrangements to stimulate citizen participation, knowledge about what happens with citizens’ proposals after participation is weak. To gain impact, citizen initiatives must be handled through the decision-making process. This article examines the dynamics of such handling of input from citizen participation in three different cases linked to an area-based initiative in Oslo, Norway. The study shows that different actors can play a role as boundary spanners handling citizen proposals, and how this crucial handling varies with the structural and procedural linkages between the participatory spaces and the formal decision-making processes. The study reveals a ‘complexity paradox’; in cases where responsibility is shared among different sectors and levels of government, each unit represents a veto point that can hinder citizen impact, but also an entrance that can enable such impact
Boundary (topology · Business · Citizen journalism · Government (linguistics · Local government · Organizational structure · Point (geometry · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Public relations · Unit (ring theory · Veto · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Urban Planning and Governance
Collaboration in public policy and practice
Public Participation for 21st Century Democracy
Tactical urbanism
Administering Public Participation
Local Political Participation
Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance
Putting the Public Back into Governance
Deliberation before the Revolution
Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research
The Environmental Performance of Participatory and Collaborative Governance
Administrative traditions and citizen participation in public policy
Market-Oriented Urban Planning – Constraining Citizen Participation
Cherry‐picking participation
The Competent Boundary Spanner
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |