Browsing by Author "Guarneros-Meza, Valeria"
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Administrative traditions and citizen participation in public policy: a comparative study of France, Germany, the UK and Norway
Huxley, Katy; Andrews, Rhys; Downe, J.; Guarneros-Meza, Valeria (Article)The participation of citizens in public policy-making has become a key aim for national and supranational institutions across Europe, but the relative importance policy-makers actually accord citizen participation arguably ... -
Boundary Spanning in Local Service Partnerships:Coachers, Advocates or Enforcers?
Guarneros-Meza, Valeria; Martin, Steve (Article)This paper analyses the role of senior civil servants who work directly with local public service partnerships in the UK. It finds that their activities are welcomed by local actors and can have a positive impact on ... -
Citizen security in Mexico: Examining municipal bureaucracy from the view of the intermediation-representation debate
Guarneros-Meza, Valeria (Book chapter)The chapter examines citizen security in a south-eastern municipality in Mexico through the role of municipal front-line bureaucrats. The argument highlights that the degree of discretion of bureaucrats, the unequal power ... -
Defining, achieving, and evaluating collaborative outcomes: a theory of change approach
Guarneros-Meza, Valeria; Downe, James; Martin, Steve (Article)Governments have repeatedly claimed that collaboration improves public service outcomes. However, defining, achieving and evaluating collaborative outcomes is often problematic. Analysis of multi-sectoral projects in ... -
Descrifrando el desorden: instituciones participativas y conflictos en torno a megaproyectos en México
This article offers a map of «participatory institutions» (PI) that appear in conflict scenarios related to mining, hydrocarbons, wind and hydroelectric energy megaprojects in Mexico. The authors offer evidence of the ... -
Governing Local Partnerships: Does External Steering Help Local Agencies Address Wicked Problems?
Martin, Steve; Guarneros-Meza, Valeria (Article)Partnerships have played an increasingly prominent role in local governance and there has been considerable debate about the impact which self-organising capacity and government intervention have on their effectiveness. ... -
The Jewel of the Crown: Co-optative capacity during austerity in Cardiff and San Sebastian-Donostia
Guarneros-Meza, Valeria; Telleria, Imanol; Blas, Asier; Pill, Madeleine (Conference)By comparing Cardiff and San Sebastián-Donostia (SSD), the paper argues that local governments’ capacity to co-opt provides a relevant approach to understanding changes in citizen participation under fiscal austerity. The ... -
The Jewel of the Crown: Co-optive capacity and participation during austerity in Cardiff and San Sebastian-Donostia
By comparing qualitatively Cardiff and San Sebastián-Donostia (Donostia), the paper argues that local governments’ capacity to co-opt provides a relevant approach to understanding changes in citizen participation under ... -
Local governance under austerity: Hybrid organisations and hybrid officers
Pill, Madeleine; Guarneros-Meza, Valeria (Article)Using the case of Cardiff, Wales, we argue that the hybridisation of local governance forms is exacerbated by the downscaling and offloading of austerity politics. Conceptualising hybridity as a process which operates ... -
Local Government Size and Political Efficacy: Do Citizen Panels Make a Difference?
Andrews, Rhys; Entwistle, Tom; Guarneros-Meza, Valeria (Article)Democratic theorists suggest that the size of local government is an important influence on citizens’ political efficacy. Typically, it is argued that small is beautiful for efficacy, because residents in areas served by ...