The robust citizen engagement that has been a significant factor in the city's recovery from Hurricane Katrina has also changed the dynamic, officials said.
"Good government" is a term used to describe the ideal type of government, or as some put it, the way government is supposed to function: one that is transparent and not corrupted by money, responsive to the public - and not private interests, where there is robust citizen participation, and where public officials are held accountable for their actions.
In dozens of nations, democratic culture -- allowing room for political opposition, a free press and robust citizens' action groups -- is failing to develop or is being stifled, a report to be released on Wednesday concludes.
These should include a robust account of citizens' basic rights, independent courts to enforce them and free media to monitor them.
Such opportunity-oriented development and investment, based on robust engagement of citizens and other stakeholders in cultivating innovative action for Detroit's long-awaited transformation, was surely a promising model.
There are people everywhere, suggesting a place with a robust economy of citizens eager to both buy and sell.
Because of the Clean Water Act, today we enjoy vastly improved water infrastructure and treatment, and a robust discussion thanks to citizen involvement in water management.
Often, those countries provide their citizens more robust social safety nets and other support services.
Professor Ringen has studied the major Western democracies, the ones usually thought of as the most robust, and concluded that "citizens are turning away; they care less for democracy, believe less in it, participate less in it and have less trust in its governance".
But there are other ways of thinking about urban corruption, one of which is how robust legal protections for citizens are, and how common it is for them to have to bribe officials on a day-to-day basis to get things done.
And although extraordinary powers of investigation and arrest are sometimes needed to apprehend wrongdoers, they are subject to robust legal protections for citizens.Far from being powerless against hackers, companies can do a lot to help themselvesApplied to cyberspace, this means that, far from being powerless against hackers, companies can do a lot to help themselves.
