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Emerging from the Chrysalis: Participatory Governance in Australian Local Government

Asian Review of Public Administration

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Title Emerging from the Chrysalis: Participatory Governance in Australian Local Government
 
Creator Aulich, Chris; University of Canberra
Artist, Sarah; University of Technology Sydney
 
Subject public administration, governance
citizen participation, local government, public sector reform, participatory governance
 
Description This paper identifies types of citizen participation in local government in Australia, in particular focusing on the past two decades when local government systems have been the focus of intense reform. The paper considers the extent to which contemporary views of participatory governance have taken root at local level and concludes that despite reforms intended to engage local citizens more in local government activity, citizen participation is only beginning to emerge into arrangements that might be described as “participatory governance.” It also argues that for participatory governance to be further developed, both the internal and external constraints for local government will need to be recognized and addressed. Unless this occurs, leadership may often have to come from organizations outside institutional local government.
 
Publisher Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA)
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2015-07-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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literature review, qualitative analysis
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journals.sfu.ca/arpa/index.php/arpa/article/view/12
 
Source Asian Review of Public Administration; Vol 22, No 1 (2011): A "New Look" ARPA - Second Issue; 48-63
2094-408X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.sfu.ca/arpa/index.php/arpa/article/view/12/10
 
Coverage Australia
21st century
Australian local governments
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 Chris Aulich, Sarah Artist
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0