Does co-partisanship with mayors influence citizen trust in local governance institutions in new democracies? I answer this question through conducting a case study in Tunisia. I evaluate Arab Barometer (2018) survey data on trust in local governance institutions, and interview data with mayors,...

This article asserts the importance of public participation in local government, through social action research, in order to achieve good governance. We examine how bad local governance negatively impacts the socio-economic development trajectory of communities. Based on fieldwork conducted in...

As part the Local Level Institutions study of local life in villages in rural Indonesia information was gathered on sampled household's participation in social activities. We classified the reported activities into four distinct types of social activity: sociability, networks, social...

Was versteht man unter Open Government und wie funktioniert es in der kommunalpolitischen Praxis? Welche Erfahrungen haben Kommunen unter anderem in Modellprojekten gemacht - auch solche ausserhalb Deutschlands - und welche Konsequenzen ergeben sich daraus für künftige Projekte? Und welche...

The research questions of the current study include: "Is it beneficial for countries, local governments, and autonomous districts with a high level of e-government to become smarter cities with the electronic, digital, and smart introduction of information and communications technology (ICT)...

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...

Dieses essential zeigt praxisnah, wie Innovation durch neue Geschäftsprozesse gelingen kann. Dabei dient die vorgestellte Methodik als Leitfaden, um ganzheitlich die notwendigen Aspekte der Digitalisierung, des Change-Managements wie auch der Personalentwicklung in die...