Spontaneous or constructed? Neighborhood governance reforms in Los Angeles and Shanghai
By: Chen, Bin.
Contributor(s): Sun, Rong | Cooper, Terry L.
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ArticlePublisher: 2009Description: p.S108-S115.Subject(s): Administrative reform
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Public Administration ReviewSummary: Can grassroots government succeed on its own without state involvement? By comparing approaches in two metropolitan governments - neighborhood councils in Los Angeles and resident committees in Shanghai - Bin Chen of the City University of New York at Baruch College, Terry L. Cooper of the University of Southern California, and Rong Sun of Shanghai Tongji University underscore the need to understand the interrelationships among the political and administrative structures where these specific reforms are implemented. Their analysis points out that the efficacy of a government-initiated civic engagement program depends on a balanced combination of state involvement and community self-organisation. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 69, Issue no: Supplement 1 | Available | AR85452 |
Can grassroots government succeed on its own without state involvement? By comparing approaches in two metropolitan governments - neighborhood councils in Los Angeles and resident committees in Shanghai - Bin Chen of the City University of New York at Baruch College, Terry L. Cooper of the University of Southern California, and Rong Sun of Shanghai Tongji University underscore the need to understand the interrelationships among the political and administrative structures where these specific reforms are implemented. Their analysis points out that the efficacy of a government-initiated civic engagement program depends on a balanced combination of state involvement and community self-organisation. - Reproduced.
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