Drawing on comprehensive indicator data of national ESG performance across 27 countries
from 2006 to 2020, this study employs a panel Tobit model to examine the impact of …

This article considers the potential of public–common partnerships (PCPs) to act as a new
municipalist intervention against the privatisation and financialisation of land in the UK. In …

Batik is closely associated with Indonesia, and it has gradually become both an icon of
Indonesia and an expression of Indonesian identity. How this came about is investigated in …

This sco** review examines governance models in sustainable urban mobility schemes,
focusing on citizen participation. Analysing 15 papers from 2010 to March 2023, it …

This special issue of Local Development and Society focuses on participatory budgeting
(PB), a democratic process in which community members decide together how to spend a …

Public administration is the largest part of the democratic state and a key consideration in
understanding its legitimacy. Despite this, democratic theory is notoriously quiet about public …

Megaprojects are increasingly common across countries and attract substantial political
attention from a variety of actors. Recent studies have highlighted the need to move from an …

Participatory forms of governance are increasingly institutionalised in democracies around
the world. Yet, we know little about how public officials work to embed participatory …

This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating giving citizens
the power to deliberate and to decide how to govern themselves. Innovatively building on …

This element shows, based on a review of the literature, how digital technology has affected
liberal democracies with a focus on three key aspects of democratic politics: political …