Missed opportunities for democratic engagement: the adoption of community indicators in local government

References

• Aulich, C. (2009). From citizen participation to participatory governance in Australian local government. Commonwealth Journal of Local Government, 2, 44–60.
   Google Scholar
• Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government. ( 2015 forthcoming). Why local government matters: A national community survey. Sydney: Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government, University of Technology, Sydney.
   Google Scholar
• Barber, B. (1984). Strong democracy: Participatory politics for a new age. Berkeley: University of California Press.
   Google Scholar
• Barber, B. (2013). If mayors ruled the world: Dysfunctional nations rising cities. Yale: Yale University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Bobbio, N. (1987). The future of democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press.
   Google Scholar
• Burke, T., Ryan, R., & Salvaris, M. (2001). Community indicators and local democracy: Proposal for a community based collaborative research project. Canberra: Australian Research Council.
   Google Scholar
• City of Sydney. (2012). City of Sydney community wellbeing indicators. Sydney: City of Sydney. Accessible at http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/137895/CityOfSydneyCommunityWellbeingIndicators.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Cobb, C. & Rixford, C. (1998). Lessons learned from the history of social indicators. San Francisco: Refining Progress.
   Google Scholar
• Community Indicators Victoria website. (2015). Accessible at http://www.communityindicators.net.au
   Google Scholar
• Cox, D., Frere, M., West, S., & Wiseman, J. (2010). Developing and using local community wellbeing indicators: Learning from the experience of Community Indicators Victoria. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 45, 71–88.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deliberative Democracy Project. (1997). Shaping Eugene’s future: Phase III. Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon.
   Google Scholar
• Denters, B. & Rose, L. E. (2005). Local governance in the third millennium: A brave new world? In B. Denters & L. E. Rose (Eds.), Comparing local governance: Trends and developments (pp. 1–10). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
   Google Scholar
• Dollery, B., Grant, B., & Korrt, M. (2012). Councils in cooperation. Sydney: Federation Press.
   Google Scholar
• Etzioni, A. (1994). The spirit of community. New York: Touchstone.
   Google Scholar
• Evans, M. & Reid, R. (2013). Public participation in an era of governance: Lessons from Europe for Australian local government. Sydney: Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government, University of Technology, Sydney.
   Google Scholar
• Frug, G. (2001). City making. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Gahin, R. & Paterson, R. (2001). Community indicators: Past, present and future. National Civic Review, 90, 347–361.
   Google Scholar
• Habermas, J. (1996). Between facts and norms: Contributions to a discourse theory of law and democracy (Trans: W. Rehg). Cambridge, MA: MIT.
   Google Scholar
• Holden, M. (2006). Revisiting the local impact of community indicators projects: Sustainable Seattle as prophet in its own land. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1, 253–277.
   Google Scholar
• Jacksonville Community Council, Inc (JCCI) website. (2015). Accessible at http://www.jcci.org.
   Google Scholar
• Jacksonville Community Council, Inc (JCCI). (2013). 2013 Quality of life progress report for Jacksonville and Northeast Florida. Jacksonville, FL: JCCI. Accessible at http://issuu.com/jcci/docs/qol_2013/1?e=3421855/6468442.
   Google Scholar
• Johansson, S. ( 1991, November 18–20). Statistics in the epistemology of the democratic process. Proceedings of the TES International Seminar on strategic issues in statistical policy, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.
   Google Scholar
• Katz, B. & Bradley, J. (2013). The metropolitan revolution. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
   Google Scholar
• Kernaghan, K. (2009). Moving towards integrated public governance: Improving service delivery through community engagement. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 75, 239–254.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marshall, T. H. (1950). Citizenship and social class. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Measuring community health. (2015). Accessible at http://www.co-intelligence.org/S-sustainableSeattle.html.
   Google Scholar
• Memon, A. & Johnston, K. (2008). Institutional barriers to developing community indicators in New Zealand: A preliminary assessment. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 1, 70–91.
   Google Scholar
• Moore, M. (2013). Duncan Wyse, Jeff Tryens, and the progress board: Helping polities envision and produce public value. In M. Moore (Ed.), Recognizing public value (pp. 292–343). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Morton, A. & Edwards, L. (2012). Community wellbeing indicators survey. Template for local government. Sydney: Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government, University of Technology, Sydney.
   Google Scholar
• Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS). (2015). OHCS performance measures and reports. Accessible at http://www.oregon.gov/ohcs/Pages/FMD_OHCSPerformanceMeasures.aspx.
   Google Scholar
• Ryan, R. (2001). Community indicators and local democracy: Waverley and Queanbeyan local governments. Local Government Managers Journal, April, 5–8.
   Google Scholar
• Ryan, R. (2014). Innovative citizen involvement for creating public value in local government. Journal of African and Asian Local Government Studies, 3, 35–51.
   Google Scholar
• Salvaris, M. (1999). The National Citizenship Project: New ways for communities to measure progress. Melbourne: Victorian Council of Social Service.
   Google Scholar
• Salvaris, M., Hogan, D., Ryan, R., & Burke, T. (2000). Tasmania together: Benchmarking community progress. Melbourne: Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology.
   Google Scholar
• Stoker, G. (1998). Governance as theory: Five propositions. International Social Science Journal, 50, 17–28.
   Google Scholar
• Sustainable Seattle website. (2015). Accessible at http://www.sustainableseattle.org.
   Google Scholar
• Sustainable Seattle. (1993). Sustainable Seattle indicators 1993 report. Accessible at http://sustainableseattle.org/images/indicators/1993/3-Environment.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Sustainable Seattle (1998). Indicators of sustainable community. Seattle: Sustainable Seattle.
   Google Scholar
• Swain, D. & Hollar, D. (2003). Measuring progress: Community indicators and quality of life. International Journal of Public Administration, 26, 789–814.
   Google Scholar
• Tan, S. & Artist, S. (2013). Strategic planning in Australian local government: A comparative analysis of state frameworks. Sydney: Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government, University of Technology, Sydney.
   Google Scholar
• Tasmania Together website. (2015). Accessible at http://www.tasmaniatogether.tas.gov.au.
   Google Scholar
• Treib, O., Bahr, H., & Falkner, G. (2007). Modes of governance: Towards a conceptual clarification. Journal of European Public Policy, 14, 1–20.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tyler Norris Associates. (1997). The community indicators handbook. San Francisco: Redefining Progress.
   Google Scholar
• Waverley Council. (2013). Waverley together 3: Our community’s strategic plan for 2013–2025. Sydney: Waverley Council.
   Google Scholar
• Weber, B., Worcel, S., Etuk, L., & Adams, V. (2014). Tracking Oregon’s progress: A report of the Tracking Oregon’s Progress (TOP) indicators project. Accessible at http://oe.oregonexplorer.info/externalcontent/rural/TOP_Indicators_Oregon_2_3_14v13HI.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Wiseman, J. & Brasher, K. (2008). Community wellbeing in an unwell world: Trends, challenges and possibilities. Journal of Public Health Policy, 29, 353–66.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wollongong City Council. (2012). Community indicators, Wollongong 2022: Our community strategic plan. Wollongong: Wollongong City Council.
   Google Scholar