Academic Bibliography

 Search 200 years of publications by Ghent University researchers.
Advanced search
2 files | 785.05 KB
Add to list
  1. Search results
  2. Varieties of local participation? A v...

Varieties of local participation? A vignette survey on local executive politicians’ legitimacy perceptions towards different participatory arrangements

Willem Goutry (UGent) , Kristof Steyvers (UGent) , Bram Verschuere (UGent) and Tessa Haesevoets (UGent)
(2025) INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW. 46(3). p.353-369
Author
Organization
Project
Abstract
This study takes the hitherto understudied perspective of local executive politicians as crucial stakeholders spanning the boundaries of representative and participatory democracy. It aims to examine their legitimacy perceptions of different participatory arrangements. The research was conducted by means of a vignette study in which we included a representative arrangement and six participatory arrangements for which we differentiated for types of initiator (government or citizens) and three types of citizen involvement (consultative, co-decisive and decisive). We found that executives assessed government-initiated arrangements as more legitimate than citizen-initiated ones. Moreover, they perceived the co-decisive arrangement as the most legitimate.
Keywords
Local democracy, participatory arrangements, attitudes, legitimacy, perceptions, local executive politicians, DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE, CITIZENS, MAYORS

Downloads

  • Download
    (...).pdf
    • full text (Published version)
    • |
    • UGent only
    • |
    • PDF
    • |
    • 266.43 KB
  • Download
    AAM IPSR Goutry.et.al 2024.pdf
    • full text (Accepted manuscript)
    • |
    • open access
    • |
    • PDF
    • |
    • 518.62 KB

Citation

Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:

MLA
Goutry, Willem, et al. “Varieties of Local Participation? A Vignette Survey on Local Executive Politicians’ Legitimacy Perceptions towards Different Participatory Arrangements.” INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, vol. 46, no. 3, 2025, pp. 353–69, doi:10.1177/01925121241264314.
APA
Goutry, W., Steyvers, K., Verschuere, B., & Haesevoets, T. (2025). Varieties of local participation? A vignette survey on local executive politicians’ legitimacy perceptions towards different participatory arrangements. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, 46(3), 353–369. https://doi.org/10.1177/01925121241264314
Chicago author-date
Goutry, Willem, Kristof Steyvers, Bram Verschuere, and Tessa Haesevoets. 2025. “Varieties of Local Participation? A Vignette Survey on Local Executive Politicians’ Legitimacy Perceptions towards Different Participatory Arrangements.” INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 46 (3): 353–69. https://doi.org/10.1177/01925121241264314.
Chicago author-date (all authors)
Goutry, Willem, Kristof Steyvers, Bram Verschuere, and Tessa Haesevoets. 2025. “Varieties of Local Participation? A Vignette Survey on Local Executive Politicians’ Legitimacy Perceptions towards Different Participatory Arrangements.” INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 46 (3): 353–369. doi:10.1177/01925121241264314.
Vancouver
1.
Goutry W, Steyvers K, Verschuere B, Haesevoets T. Varieties of local participation? A vignette survey on local executive politicians’ legitimacy perceptions towards different participatory arrangements. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW. 2025;46(3):353–69.
IEEE
[1]
W. Goutry, K. Steyvers, B. Verschuere, and T. Haesevoets, “Varieties of local participation? A vignette survey on local executive politicians’ legitimacy perceptions towards different participatory arrangements,” INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 353–369, 2025.
@article{01J9RJ086WCJZ5JC3D2KJ0FVTF,
  abstract     = {{This study takes the hitherto understudied perspective of local executive politicians as crucial stakeholders spanning the boundaries of representative and participatory democracy. It aims to examine their legitimacy perceptions of different participatory arrangements. The research was conducted by means of a vignette study in which we included a representative arrangement and six participatory arrangements for which we differentiated for types of initiator (government or citizens) and three types of citizen involvement (consultative, co-decisive and decisive). We found that executives assessed government-initiated arrangements as more legitimate than citizen-initiated ones. Moreover, they perceived the co-decisive arrangement as the most legitimate.}},
  author       = {{Goutry, Willem and Steyvers, Kristof and Verschuere, Bram and Haesevoets, Tessa}},
  issn         = {{0192-5121}},
  journal      = {{INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW}},
  keywords     = {{Local democracy,participatory arrangements,attitudes,legitimacy,perceptions,local executive politicians,DEMOCRACY,GOVERNANCE,CITIZENS,MAYORS}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{353--369}},
  title        = {{Varieties of local participation? A vignette survey on local executive politicians’ legitimacy perceptions towards different participatory arrangements}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1177/01925121241264314}},
  volume       = {{46}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}
Altmetric
View in Altmetric
Web of Science
Times cited: