Abstract Environmental Not-In-My-Backyard (NIMBY) conflicts pose significant challenges to
environmental sustainability and governance capacity, particularly in transition economies …

Homeownership has been widely regarded as a critical determinant of public participation in
social science research. However, the role of homeownership in public service coproduction …

This paper investigates the impact of homeowners' condominium self-governance on
neighbourhood governance in urban China. The self-governance campaign, which …

Previous studies have scrutinised the proliferation of privately governed neighbourhoods
and the role of homeowner associations (HOAs) in governing the neighbourhood and …

How nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) enhance civil society development in China is
underresearched while the extant literature centers on the government–NGO relationship …

Participatory budgeting was launched in the US in 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, by a member of
the city's Board of Aldermen (the city council) who used $1 million of his discretionary funds …

Participatory budgeting has been adopted and adapted by governments around the world.
Existing literature points to a variety of desired outcomes from these efforts, but does not …

This transnational feminist study described and interpreted the experiences of women within
the context of community development in rural Ghana. The purpose of this study was to …

This article examines the concept and practices of “participatory representation” in the
Chinese context, a subset of substantive representation that emphasizes “authenticity” and …

The research focuses on enhancing the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) at the Human
Resources Development Agency for the City of Bima, aiming to achieve world-class …