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Spontaneous or Constructed? Neighborhood Governance Reforms in Los Angeles and Shanghai
Author(s) -
Chen Bin,
Cooper Terry L.,
Sun Rong
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02097.x
Subject(s) - grassroots , metropolitan area , public administration , state (computer science) , corporate governance , government (linguistics) , politics , collaborative governance , political science , local government , civic engagement , county government , state government , sociology , geography , management , law , economics , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
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‐organization.