Government Responsiveness
A Democratic Value with Negative Externalities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcia Grimes (0000-0002-8430-5631, University of Gothenburg), Peter Esaiasson (0000-0001-8572-5462, University of Gothenburg) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 758-768 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912914543193 |
| OpenAlex | W1968033764 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 40 |
Political equality and responsiveness to citizens are both central values in democracy. Citizens strong in political resources may, however, impress their preferences upon decision makers more effectively than others, meaning that government responsiveness may possibly exacerbate inequality in policy outcomes, especially if participatory democratic arrangements are prevalent. The article studies these processes empirically, drawing on a dataset of the siting of unwanted facilities in two Swedish cities. Indicative of the tension between equality and responsiveness, we find that residents’ political resources affect facility siting in the local district
Affect (linguistics · Citizen journalism · Democracy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Inequality · Local government · Meaning (existential · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Sociology · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Urban Planning and Governance
Issue congruence in international organizations
A Framework for Government Response to Social Media Participation in Public Policy Making
How citizens’ information framing enhances government responsiveness for urban sustainable development? Evidence from China’s air pollution governance
The urban-rural divide in opinion-policy congruence
How Dare You!”—The Influence of Fridays for Future on the Political Attitudes of Young Adults
Subjective distance to public institutions in urban and rural contexts and community safety concerns
Correctional Facility Establishments and Neighborhood Housing Characteristics
A shadow on democracy? The shadow economy and government responsiveness
Inequality in Agency Response
The Distributional Impact of Greater Responsiveness
Politicians’ Neighborhoods
Outcome Isn’t Everything
Two Sides of the Same Coin? Congruence and Responsiveness as Representative Democracy's Currencies
The impact of public discourse on local representatives’ amalgamation preferences
Who talks and who listens? A qualitative analysis of citizen dialogues in rural Sweden
The spatial dimension of political dissent - Centre-periphery dynamics in Sweden
Varieties of Affluence
Equity
The Unheavenly Chorus
Participation and Democratic Theory
Contemporary Political Philosophy
Democracy and Its Critics
Site Fights
Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation
Strong Democracy
Affluence and Influence
Technology, social space and environmental justice in Swedish cities
Mapping Public Participation in Policy Choices
Equity in Theory and Practice
Setting Environmental Justice in Space and Place
Reassessing racial and socioeconomic disparities in environmental justice research
Acknowledging the Racial State
Right Answers, Wrong Questions
The Question of Participation
From Responsiveness to Collaboration
Citizen participation and the democratization of policy expertise
Voice and Equality
Local Risks, States' Rights, and Federal Mandates
The Power of Participation
Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance
Justice, Democracy, and Hazardous Siting
Strong Civil Society as a Double-Edged Sword
Participation in Voluntary Associations
Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy Americans
Are innovative, participatory and deliberative procedures in policy making democratic and effective
Deliberative Democratic Theory and Empirical Political Science
The Color of Devolution
The Implications of Nonvoting for Democracy in the United States
The Political Implications of Higher Turnout
Co-Governance for Accountability
Deciding to Discipline
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |