Composite Indicator of Social Responsiveness of Local Governments An Empirical Mapping of the Networked Community Governance Paradigm

Various local stakeholders with diverse needs seek different treatment and actions by their local governments. From the modern perspective of local governance, this article examines whether local governments are sufficiently responsive in meeting not only the mandatory responsibilities, but also the...

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Published in:Social indicators research Vol. 144; no. 2; pp. 669 - 706
Main Authors: Maksimovska, Aleksandra, Stojkov, Aleksandar
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Science + Business Media 01.07.2019
Springer Netherlands
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Administrative Organization
Case studies
Democracy
Expectation
Governance
Government Role
Governmental Structure
Human Geography
Innovations
Interest groups
Literature
Literature Reviews
Local government
Mapping
Microeconomics
Networks
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Public Health
Public Sector
Quality of Life Research
Responsiveness
Social Indicators
Social research
Social Sciences
Social services
Sociology
Transparency
Treatment needs
H70
Transparency
H76
Local governance
H75
Social responsiveness
Networked community governance
I38
ISSN:0303-8300, 1573-0921
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Summary:Various local stakeholders with diverse needs seek different treatment and actions by their local governments. From the modern perspective of local governance, this article examines whether local governments are sufficiently responsive in meeting not only the mandatory responsibilities, but also the rapidly expanding range of societal expectations. This study enriches the existing local governance literature with a novel methodology and a set of indicators for measuring the quality of networked community local governance. The primary goal is to enlighten the local governance theory with a newly designed perspective and to offer our own innovative quantitative representation. The conclusions are based on theoretical refinements and our own innovative methodology supported by an empirical investigation. Finally, a composite indicator of social responsiveness of local governments is constructed, elaborated and illustrated through a case study.
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ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/s11205-019-02063-6