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Shared Governance and Citizen Participation for Sustainable Local Development

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 8384

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Kim Strandberg

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Guest Editor
Politics, Media and Communication, Åbo Akademi University, 65100 Vasa, Finland
Interests: democratic innovations; deliberative democracy; digital participation; polarization
Dr. Janne Berg

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Guest Editor
Politics, Media and Communication, Åbo Akademi University, 65100 Vasa, Finland
Interests: democratic innovations; civic technology; deliberation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to bring together theoretical and empirical research on democratic innovations as part of local-level governments from around the world. Research that draws upon deliberative and participatory democracy as well as civic tech are especially encouraged. The purpose of the Special Issue is not only to describe the state of the art of democratic innovations at the local level, but also to develop our theoretical understanding of how local-level digital, offline and hybrid democratic innovations work as part of sustainable local development. The Special Issue takes a broad understanding of sustainable development in as much as this can concern not only environmental sustainability, but also democratic sustainability (legitimacy), economic sustainability and demographic sustainability.

We hope that the core of this Special Issue will comprise submissions with a focus on the role of citizens as part of local-level governance. In what ways have such efforts been realized thus far, what have the experiences and effects of this been and what lessons of a theoretical character can we draw from this? This Special Issue strives to further the knowledge on how broad theories of shared governance and citizen participation, such as deliberative and participatory democracy, function under real-world circumstances. By juxtaposing research on local-level democratic innovations from various contexts and of varying character, this Special Issue aims to make significant contributions to the literature and knowledge on local-level democratic innovations.

Prof. Dr. Kim Strandberg
Dr. Janne Berg
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • democratic innovations
  • participatory democracy
  • deliberative democracy
  • civic tech
  • sustainable development
  • local governance

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Effects of Incentives and Penalties on Farmers’ Willingness and Behavior to Separate Domestic Waste-Analysis of Farm Household Heterogeneity Based on Chain Multiple Intermediary Effects
by Shi-Wen Chen, Sen-Wei Huang, Jing Chen, Ke-Yang Huang and You-Xing He
Sustainability 2023, 15(7), 5958; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15075958 - 29 Mar 2023
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It is important to investigate the influence of incentives and penalties on farmers’ willingness and behavior towards domestic waste separation and the mechanism of influence. It is helpful for the government to formulate policies to guide farmers to actively participate in domestic waste [...] Read more.
It is important to investigate the influence of incentives and penalties on farmers’ willingness and behavior towards domestic waste separation and the mechanism of influence. It is helpful for the government to formulate policies to guide farmers to actively participate in domestic waste separation, solve the problem of rural domestic waste pollution, and improve the effectiveness of rural waste separation management. By using the public data of 2020CLES, we analyzed the influence of incentives and penalties on farmers’ willingness and behavior towards domestic waste separation by using the Probit model, based on the technology acceptance model, using a chain of multiple mediating effects. The results are as follows. Firstly, the net effect of incentives and penalties on farmers’ willingness and behavior to separate household waste was 6.86%, and the net effect of separation behavior was 33.37%. Relatively speaking, the strengthening effect of incentives and penalties on farmers’ domestic waste sorting behavior is stronger than the promotion effect on farmers’ domestic waste sorting intention. Secondly, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness had significant chain mediating effects, with perceived ease of use having the strongest mediating effect. Thirdly, the incentives and penalties have a stronger effect on promoting the willingness of female farmers, elderly farmers, and farmers with low education to separate domestic waste. Finally, the influence of individual and household characteristics of farmers on their willingness and behavior to separate household waste varies. Accordingly, suggestions for improving the willingness and behavior of farmers to separate domestic waste are proposed in the following aspects: improving the reward and punishment system, making good use of market instruments, and increasing farmers’ awareness level and value recognition of domestic waste separation. Full article
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A Study on the Factors Influencing the Intention and Behavior Deviation of Rural Residents in Waste Separation—Based on LOGIT-ISM-MICMAC Combination Model
by Xue-Yuan Li, Sen-Wei Huang, Qian Lin, Qiu-Jia Lu and Ya-Shan Zhang
Sustainability 2022, 14(22), 15481; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215481 - 21 Nov 2022
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Accurate identification of the influencing factors and the mechanisms of the willingness-behavior paradox in rural residents in waste separation is conducive to stimulating rural residents to participate in rural environmental governance, which is important for solving the willingness-behavior paradox problem. By using CLES [...] Read more.
Accurate identification of the influencing factors and the mechanisms of the willingness-behavior paradox in rural residents in waste separation is conducive to stimulating rural residents to participate in rural environmental governance, which is important for solving the willingness-behavior paradox problem. By using CLES data, we analyzed the factors influencing rural residents’ willingness to separate garbage and behavioral paradoxes using the combined LOGIT-ISM-MICMAC model. The results of the study showed that (1) the regression results showed that eight factors, including publicity means, reward and punishment means, policy effect perception, villagers’ environmental protection behavior perception, gender, age, socio-economic status, and ecological livability status, affect the paradox of villagers’ willingness to separate garbage and behavior; (2) the results of the ISM model show that there are four main transmission paths, and the commonality lies in the common transmission paths of “policy publicity effect factor, villagers’ perception of environmental protection behavior, village ecological habitability, and deviation of willingness and behavior”; (3) the results of MICMAC model show that we should focus on strengthening the ecological habitat of villages, ensuring the effectiveness of policy promotion, and encouraging villagers’ environmental protection behavior to reduce the deviation of rural residents’ behavior and intention. Full article
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The Evaluation of Village Fund Policy in Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency (PALI), South Sumatera, Indonesia
by Suandi, Entang Adhy Muhtar, Rd Ahmad Buchari and Darto
Sustainability 2022, 14(22), 15244; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215244 - 17 Nov 2022
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This study reported the village fund evaluation of Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir regency (PALI), South Sumatera, Indonesia. The amount of village funds in the Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir regency (PALI) has increased yearly. However, it was also acknowledged that this has not been [...] Read more.
This study reported the village fund evaluation of Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir regency (PALI), South Sumatera, Indonesia. The amount of village funds in the Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir regency (PALI) has increased yearly. However, it was also acknowledged that this has not been enough to impact PALI regency significantly. This study used qualitative mixed methods, and the data were collected using interviews, documentation and observations with nine informants from four selected villages, including Babat village, with a developed village typology, Muara Sungai village and Tanah Abang Selatan village, with an underdeveloped village typology, and Karta Dewa village, with a developing village typology. The research showed the village funds were divided into four indicators in the local government’s commitment to developing Indonesia from the periphery by strengthening regions and villages within the framework of a unitary state. However, the village fund policy evaluation in PALI regency, South Sumatera Province, has not been practical in regards to input, process, output, and outcome indicators. In addition, this paper provided insight into the development and village innovation field to evaluate village funds. Full article
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Who Is Willing to Participate in Local Governance? Modernization of Shared Governance in China
by Rui Nan and Yongjiao Yang
Sustainability 2022, 14(22), 14899; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142214899 - 11 Nov 2022
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Citizens’ willingness to participate serves as the endogenous driver of shared governance. During governance modernization in China, shared governance was extensively promoted through various policy agendas. However, few studies have revealed citizens’ attitude toward shared governance in China, which leads to a question: [...] Read more.
Citizens’ willingness to participate serves as the endogenous driver of shared governance. During governance modernization in China, shared governance was extensively promoted through various policy agendas. However, few studies have revealed citizens’ attitude toward shared governance in China, which leads to a question: Who is willing to participate in local governance? Based on a large-scale survey in China, this study revealed a high proportion of respondents willing to participate in local governance with certain regional differences, and the willingness was significantly affected by respondents’ age, educational level, CPC membership, and income level. The findings help to identify and incentivize those unwilling to participate in local governance. This study has important implications for the modernization of shared governance both nationally and internationally, and helps enrich the experiences of democratic sustainability beyond the Western context. Full article
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The National Target Program for New Rural Development in Vietnam: An Understanding of People’s Participation and Its Determinants
by Diep Thanh Tung, Le Thi Thu Diem, Do Xuan Luan and Nguyen Hoang Khanh Linh
Sustainability 2022, 14(19), 12140; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912140 - 25 Sep 2022
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This study proposes a participation scale of people in the national new rural program, namely the levels of know, discuss, implement, and monitor identifies participation and their determinants by employing Tobit regression models. From a dataset of 508 household respondents collected in seven [...] Read more.
This study proposes a participation scale of people in the national new rural program, namely the levels of know, discuss, implement, and monitor identifies participation and their determinants by employing Tobit regression models. From a dataset of 508 household respondents collected in seven regions across countries, we find that the highest level of participation is still at the level of know, while the lowest level is at the level of monitor. Additionally, in some areas of the program, people are mobilized to participate in certain activities, even though they do not have a good understanding nor thoroughly discuss how to carry it out. Considering the findings, we recommend increasing the active participation of the people in the bottom-up approach, associated with the practical needs of the people and the program’s sustainability. Full article
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