The article analyses the relationship between citizens' trust in local government institutions and participation in local governance. The research results have revealed that citizens' trust in local government is still low and participation lacks activeness. Civic participation is more active...

Over the past decades, leaders and citizens in many countries have lamented the lack of transparency in government and declining citizens’trust in government. South Korea is not an exception. In order to restore trust in government, the Korean government has made considerable efforts to adopt...

In the new paradigm of territorial development, an important role is attributed to the cooperation of local government units with the society, considered as a factor of local development. This cooperation is determined, among others, by engaging citizens in local matters, including through...

During the last decade or so conceptual as well as implementation issues related to good governance and decentralization came to occupy rather important concerns in the agenda of international aid organizations. Programs/projects in the developing countries, and especially those implemented...