New Public Management Reforms and Democratic Legitimacy: Notions of Democratic Legitimacy among West European Local Councillors

Local Government Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 703-720

  Vabo, Signy Irene ^a   Aars, Jacob ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b Uni Rokkan Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

democratic legitimacy; European councillors; input and output based legitimacy; New Public Management

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL REFORM; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84886887853     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2012.670749     Document Type: Article

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