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- COVID-19 pandemic and local executive-opposition institutional relations: a survey analysisPublication . Sousa, Luís de; Costa, Cláudia S.; Grilo, FilipeLocal governments were on the front line in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. They also had to rethink their action mode and carry out a swift digital transition. These changes affected the performance of local democracy, in particular, the nature of Local Executive-Opposition Institutional Relations (LEOIR). Using new survey data on the perceptions of local elected representatives, we run an ordered probit regression model to understand the perceived effect of exceptional measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on LEOIR in the Portuguese context. The results show, through the lenses of local key informants, that the Executive’s capacity to explain to its constituents the exceptional measures adopted and its formal duty to communicate these decisions to the Municipal Assembly have aggravated the conflictual nature of LEOIR. This study contributes to local governance research by elucidating how accountability and communication practices can soothe or aggravate Executive-Opposition institutional tensions in extraordinary times.
- O impacto da COVID-19 na qualidade da democracia local: a perspectiva dos Presidentes das Assembleias MunicipaisPublication . Sousa, Luís de; Costa, Cláudia S.; Grilo, FilipeEste capítulo incide sobre os resultados de um inquérito realizado aos Presidentes das Assembleias Municipais (PAM), no actual contexto de pandemia da covid-19, através de uma plataforma online, de 15 fevereiro a 29 Março 2021, durante o segundo confinamento geral. O inquérito procurou captar alguns dos efeitos que as medidas restritivas impostas durante o primeiro confinamento geral tiveram no funcionamento dos órgãos autárquicos no âmbito municipal.
- Making sense of executive-opposition relations in local governance contexts through the perceptions of local elected representativesPublication . Sousa, Luís de; Costa, Cláudia S.; Grilo, FilipeLocal democratic governance is a mixture of rivalry and cooperation between majority and minority political forces. With the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, local governments had to rethink its action mode and carry out a swift digital transition of their modus operandi. This digital transition affected both the administrative and political dimensions of local government, in particular the nature of ExecutiveOpposition relations. Although local democracy was not suspended, the context of exceptionality raised a series of institutional challenges. Using new survey data on the perceptions of local elected representatives (directly elected and ex-officio members of Municipal Assemblies) about the performance of their local democracy, we will seek to characterize Executive-Opposition relations in the Portuguese local government context. We will then run a probit regression model to assess three theory-driven factors influencing the nature of such institutional relationship in normal and exceptional contexts: the way minority rights are protected in practice in normal governance contexts; and the extent to which democratic performance and communication have been negatively affected by the pandemic context. The results show that Executive-Opposition relations are tendentiously conflictual. Our findings also show that the Executive’s capacity to explain to its constituents the scope and impact of the exceptional measures adopted to cope with the pandemic crisis and its formal duty to communicate these decisions to the Municipal Assembly may hinder Executive-Opposition cooperative relations.