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100			_aVerhelst, Tom and Peters, Klaartje _951423
245			_aScrutinising council scrutiny: From theoretical black box to analytical toolbox1
260			_aLocal Government Studies
300			_a50(1), Feb, 2024: p.128-149
520			_aDespite their vast relevance to democracy, scholars have paid little systematic attention to the scrutiny function of local councils. To stimulate such research, this study theorises the concept of council scrutiny. First, we outline the rationale, wider policy context, and conceptualisations. Next, we present and discuss an actor-centred institutionalist approach to introduce an analytical framework that depicts council scrutiny as a loop comprising eight interrelated parts. These parts include the institutional context and policy environment, intrinsic motivations and actor properties, scrutiny objects, objectives, constellations, the scrutiny process as such, and its effects and personal rewards. Finally, we explain how this analytical framework may serve as a vehicle for a more comprehensive and detailed study of the various aspects of council scrutiny.- Reproduced https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03003930.2023.2185227
650			_aScrutiny, Local council, Councillors, Local government, Theoretical framework, Analytical framewor. _951424
773			_aLocal Government Studies
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