Legitimacy of rural local government in the new governance environment |
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| Authors: | Richard Welch |
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| Institution: | 1. LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore;2. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;1. Center for Neuroscience, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States;2. Depts. of Ophthalmology & Vision Science and Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States;1. Centre of Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Processing, Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt;1. Nanotechnology Centre, V?B – Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava, Poruba, Czech Republic;2. Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Partyzánské nám. 7, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic;3. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering V?B – Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava, Poruba, Czech Republic;1. The National Centre for Priority Setting in Health Care, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden;2. National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Since the early 1990s, the legitimacy of local government has been on the margins of debates about the regulation and governance of contemporary capitalism and their scalar forms. Yet, for those engaged in the day-to-day practice of local government in the governance environment, the question of how to maintain legitimacy is of central importance. This paper, which reports on the findings of a study of two rural districts in the South Island of New Zealand and Victoria, Australia, seeks to explore the interface between theory and practice of local government in the governance environment. Recent theorising about the implications of governance for the legitimacy of territorial local authorities is outlined, and recurring legitimacy-related themes in local governments’ engagement with governance are employed to construct a framework for analysing empirical cases. A brief (contextual) picture is drawn of the two rural cases, and the framework is employed to analyse them. Finally, the efficacy of this approach to the study of local government legitimacy, and the significance of the case study findings for the debate about the role of local representative government, are reflected upon. |
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| Keywords: | Legitimacy Local government Governance New Zealand Victoria |
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