Designing institutional platforms and arenas for interactive political leadership

In response to the urgent need for elected politicians to lead processes of collaborative policy innovation, this paper brings together political leadership theory and theories of collaborative and participatory governance in order to make way for the concept of interactive political leadership. The...

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Published inPublic management review Vol. 21; no. 10; pp. 1443 - 1463
Main Authors Sørensen, Eva, Torfing, Jacob
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.10.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Blood
Case studies
Collaboration
Collaborative innovation
Democracy
Governance
Innovations
institutional design
interactive governance
local democracy
Political leadership
Political participation
Politicians
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Summary:In response to the urgent need for elected politicians to lead processes of collaborative policy innovation, this paper brings together political leadership theory and theories of collaborative and participatory governance in order to make way for the concept of interactive political leadership. The theoretical framework shows how interactive political leadership relies on platforms and arenas that bring politicians and citizens together in informed dialogues that may contribute to collaborative policy innovation. An empirical case study of institutional reforms in a Danish municipality adds flesh and blood to the theoretical argument about how to enhance interactive political leadership.
ISSN:1471-9037
1471-9045
DOI:10.1080/14719037.2018.1559342