This report on empowerment, trust and local government powers was commissioned from the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) at the University of Birmingham, by the ESRC Knowledge Transfer Team. The report summarizes and analyses evidence on citizen’s attitudes towards local government in a European context. We examine: 1. Citizens’ attitudes to local government powers 2. Citizens’ trust in politicians and perceived ability to influence local decisions 3. Citizens’ attachment to the local level and attitudes towards granting more power to local authorities
The purpose of this paper is to describe the citizen‘s attitude toward local government and its rela...
Project also involved researchers from: Sweden, Norway, Germany and The Netherlands The file atta...
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The transfer of responsibilities from central to local government has often been justified on the gr...
ABSTRACT The transfer of responsibilities from central to local government has often been justified ...
The aim of this report is to present the within-country variability in the EU citizens’ perceptions ...
Recent decades have seen a strengthening of local autonomy in many European states. At the same time...
This paper deals with two questions on the relations between the size of political systems and polit...
This paper deals with two questions on the relations between the size of political systems and polit...
The article analyses the relationship between citizens’ trust in local government institutions and p...
Political trust is a vital resource in representative democracies. It helps citizens to forsake a de...
The purpose of this paper is to describe the citizen’s attitude toward local government and its rela...
The research aims to better understand how and why the activities of local governments, and their ro...
The European Union is often viewed as a quasi-federal construct characterised by a voluntary pooling...
Despite greater responsibility being passed to local and regional tiers of government in many Europe...
The purpose of this paper is to describe the citizen‘s attitude toward local government and its rela...
Project also involved researchers from: Sweden, Norway, Germany and The Netherlands The file atta...
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final ...
The transfer of responsibilities from central to local government has often been justified on the gr...
ABSTRACT The transfer of responsibilities from central to local government has often been justified ...
The aim of this report is to present the within-country variability in the EU citizens’ perceptions ...
Recent decades have seen a strengthening of local autonomy in many European states. At the same time...
This paper deals with two questions on the relations between the size of political systems and polit...
This paper deals with two questions on the relations between the size of political systems and polit...
The article analyses the relationship between citizens’ trust in local government institutions and p...
Political trust is a vital resource in representative democracies. It helps citizens to forsake a de...
The purpose of this paper is to describe the citizen’s attitude toward local government and its rela...
The research aims to better understand how and why the activities of local governments, and their ro...
The European Union is often viewed as a quasi-federal construct characterised by a voluntary pooling...
Despite greater responsibility being passed to local and regional tiers of government in many Europe...
The purpose of this paper is to describe the citizen‘s attitude toward local government and its rela...
Project also involved researchers from: Sweden, Norway, Germany and The Netherlands The file atta...
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final ...