Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Spanish Council Websites

Citizens’ disaffection with political institutions has resulted in an ever more pronounced distancing between the represented and their representative democratic institutions, with a commensurate increase in citizens’ initiatives aimed at obtaining a higher degree of participation in public life. Th...

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Authors: Rebolledo-de-la-Calle, M. (Marta)|||/items/36431a91-0bb0-4996-82c6-d4cb37bf637b, Zamora-Medina, R. (Rocío)|||/items/e08a2d35-a576-4f98-a5d6-8634c3e9bf48, Rodríguez-Virgili, J. (Jordi)|||/items/f92fa933-e838-44f9-8432-60e639385dfa
Format: article
Publication Date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Navarra
Repository:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/55470
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/55470
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Public communication
Participation
Transparency
Accountability
Local government
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spelling Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Spanish Council Websites Transparentnost, odgovornost i participacija u tijelima lokalne vlasti: komparativna analiza mrežnih stranica španjolskih vijeća Rebolledo-de-la-Calle, M. (Marta)|||/items/36431a91-0bb0-4996-82c6-d4cb37bf637b Zamora-Medina, R. (Rocío)|||/items/e08a2d35-a576-4f98-a5d6-8634c3e9bf48 Rodríguez-Virgili, J. (Jordi)|||/items/f92fa933-e838-44f9-8432-60e639385dfa Public communication Participation Transparency Accountability Local government Citizens’ disaffection with political institutions has resulted in an ever more pronounced distancing between the represented and their representative democratic institutions, with a commensurate increase in citizens’ initiatives aimed at obtaining a higher degree of participation in public life. The imbalance experienced by representative democracy in this respect accounts for the need to improve the way in which institutions communicate. This study aims to assess local communication in the regions of Murcia and Navarre by analysing the level of transparency of their institutional websites. The 41 indicators that underpin Mapa Infoparticip@ (www.mapainfoparticipa.com) in Spain are used to see what similarities and differences can be identified when applying the criteria of transparency and participation in these two single-province Autonomous Communities. The findings show a deficit in implementing norms of transparency. This fact affects the role these institutions play as sources of public information and citizen participation, and it appears in a clearer way in municipalities with a smaller population. Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb. https://hdl.handle.net/10171/55470
title Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Spanish Council Websites
spellingShingle Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Spanish Council Websites
Rebolledo-de-la-Calle, M. (Marta)|||/items/36431a91-0bb0-4996-82c6-d4cb37bf637b
Public communication
Participation
Transparency
Accountability
Local government
title_short Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Spanish Council Websites
title_full Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Spanish Council Websites
title_fullStr Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Spanish Council Websites
title_full_unstemmed Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Spanish Council Websites
title_sort Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Spanish Council Websites
author Rebolledo-de-la-Calle, M. (Marta)|||/items/36431a91-0bb0-4996-82c6-d4cb37bf637b
author_facet Rebolledo-de-la-Calle, M. (Marta)|||/items/36431a91-0bb0-4996-82c6-d4cb37bf637b
Zamora-Medina, R. (Rocío)|||/items/e08a2d35-a576-4f98-a5d6-8634c3e9bf48
Rodríguez-Virgili, J. (Jordi)|||/items/f92fa933-e838-44f9-8432-60e639385dfa
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author2 Zamora-Medina, R. (Rocío)|||/items/e08a2d35-a576-4f98-a5d6-8634c3e9bf48
Rodríguez-Virgili, J. (Jordi)|||/items/f92fa933-e838-44f9-8432-60e639385dfa
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topic Public communication
Participation
Transparency
Accountability
Local government
topic_facet Public communication
Participation
Transparency
Accountability
Local government
description Citizens’ disaffection with political institutions has resulted in an ever more pronounced distancing between the represented and their representative democratic institutions, with a commensurate increase in citizens’ initiatives aimed at obtaining a higher degree of participation in public life. The imbalance experienced by representative democracy in this respect accounts for the need to improve the way in which institutions communicate. This study aims to assess local communication in the regions of Murcia and Navarre by analysing the level of transparency of their institutional websites. The 41 indicators that underpin Mapa Infoparticip@ (www.mapainfoparticipa.com) in Spain are used to see what similarities and differences can be identified when applying the criteria of transparency and participation in these two single-province Autonomous Communities. The findings show a deficit in implementing norms of transparency. This fact affects the role these institutions play as sources of public information and citizen participation, and it appears in a clearer way in municipalities with a smaller population.
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