Responsible citizens and accountable service providers? Renegotiating the contract between citizen and state

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

RICHARDSON, L.

Dept. of Politics, Univ., Manchester, Royaume-Uni

PURDAM, K.

Social Statistics, Humanities, Univ., Manchester, Royaume-Uni

COTTERILL, S.

Centre for Biostatistics, Univ., Manchester, Royaume-Uni

REES, J.

Third Sector Research Centre, Univ., Birmingham, Royaume-Uni

SQUIRES, G.

Dept. of Geography, Univ., Birmingham, Royaume-Uni

ASKEW, R.

School of Law, Univ., Liverpool, Royaume-Uni

Description :
This article examines the extent to which collaboration and multidirectional accountability can be developed between the state and citizens, with a focus on a case study of Community Contracts in England. The results suggest that citi-zens are given a voice and there are new pathways for effective service delivery and accountability; conditionality applies to citizens and service providers. They also demonstrate that the legal status of the contract was only loosely defined. Challenges remain concerning how contract-based approaches can be fully realised in practice.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Environment and planning A, issn : 0308-518X, 2014, vol. 46, n°. 7, p. 1716-1731, nombre de pages : 16, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Pion

Langue :
Anglais