Effects Of Citizen Participation Research Articles

The Effect of Citizen Participation on Promoting Social Health in Urban Areas (Case example: Shirvan city)

The Effect of Citizen Participation on Promoting Social Health in Urban Areas (Case example: Shirvan city)

Democratic Governance: Examining the Influence of Citizen Participation on Local Government Performance in Vietnam

ABSTRACT During the 21st century, socially equitable economic growth and sustainable human development are also goals that most countries over the world are pursuing, which emphasized the notion of “good governance”, or “sound governance”, or “democratic governance”. For Vietnam, how to promote and strengthen democratic governance must be one of the most crucial issues to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. This study is innovative as applying democratic governance to examine the influence of citizen participation on the performance of local governments in Vietnam with four different aspects: economic, institutional, political, and administrative. We employ Random Effect Model (REM) to test six hypotheses developed from the literature review. The secondary data come from four sources, including The Public Administration Performance Index, the Provincial Competitiveness Index, the Public Administration Reform Index, and the General Statistics Office of 63 provinces of Vietnam from 2012 to 2017. Some major findings: (1) citizen participation at the local level has mixed effects on institutional, administrative, and political performances; and has no significant effect on economic performance. In other words, citizen participation is positively associated with institutional and political performances but is negatively associated with individual province’s administrative performance. Particularly, under the effect of citizen participation, institutional performance can be improved more intensified than political performance. (2) The efficiency of government spending/per capita, the disparities between the Kinh people and ethnic minorities, and the regional differences between the North and the South, all of these factors influence the level of citizen participation and the performance of local government in Vietnam. This study supplements very limited literature and provides several policy implications concerning democratic governance for policymakers in Vietnam.

시민참여가 분배적 정의에 미치는 영향에 관한 탐색적 연구 : 제도적 질의 조절효과를 중심으로

본 연구는 시민참여가 사회적 정의로서 분배적 정의에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보고, 이들의 관계에서 제도적 질로서 공정한 행정서비스 제공이 어떠한 조절효과를 나타내는지 알아보고자 한다. 분석결과, 첫째, 정치․사회 현안에 대해 블로그·트위터·페이스북·온라인 게시판 등에 의견제시, 불매운동 참여, 제도적 질은 복지혜택의 공정성과 경제·사회적 분배 구조의 공정성에 정(+)의 영향을 미쳤다. 그리고, 공무원, 정치인에게 민원·의견 전달은 복지혜택의 공정성에, 탄원서·진정서·청원서 등 제출은 경제·사회적 분배구조의 공정성에 정(+)의 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 상호작용항의 영향은 탄원서·진정서·청원서 등을 제출하고 제도적 질이 높으면 복지혜택의 공정성과 경제·사회적 분배구조의 공정성에 정(+)의 영향을 미쳤다. 이를 토대로 정책적 함의를 살펴보면 첫째, 공정한 행정서비스를 확인할 수 있도록 정보공개 청구를 활성화하는 것이 필요하다. 둘째, 정부부처들의 공정성 지표를 특화하여 신설하는 것이 필요하다. 셋째, 빅데이터 분석을 기반으로 공론화나 협치위원회의 구성이 필요하다. 넷째, 시민참여를 조직화하는 시민단체, 즉 비영리단체와 정부간 정기적인 소통이 필요하다.

Evaluating the impact mechanism of citizen participation on citizen satisfaction in a smart city

Citizen satisfaction is an important issue for global city managers in the construction of a smart city. To date, little research has been done on the effect of citizen participation on citizen satisfaction in a smart city. From the perspective of citizen involvement and based on the theory of involvement and American Customer Satisfaction Index model, this study explores the impact mechanism of citizen participation on citizen satisfaction in a smart city and constructs a theoretical model of citizen satisfaction. The data were collected in Qingdao, which is a smart city in China. The analysis shows that citizen involvement has a significant positive influence on citizen participation both cognitively and affectively. Furthermore, citizen participation produces a direct and significant positive impact on citizen satisfaction. Last, citizen participation can also have a significant positive influence on citizen satisfaction through perceived quality and perceived value. The main contribution of this study focuses on the construction of the impact mechanism model. Based on this model, researchers and city managers can understand the entire reaction process of the citizen ranging from subjective judgement to practical actions and then actual experiences in the construction of a smart city.

Effects of citizen participation in the social accountability of budget amendments

ABSTRACT The paper investigates two Brazilian legislative innovations called Participatory Amendments to analyse their effects on electoral connection and on the social accountability of public budgeting. Previous studies have focused on participatory mechanisms in local governments and mainly on the formulation phase of public budgeting. Thus, we aim to fill this theoretical gap by exploring the case of two initiatives designed by congressmen that use direct participation to modify the current modus operandi of deciding and monitoring individual parliamentary amendments to the budget bill. Our results showed that these initiatives changed the decision-making process in terms of power of actors and quality of projects, while increasing the electoral connection, and can mitigate some accountability traps by amplifying voice and by sharpening teeth, especially if associated with capacity-building programmes and monitoring mechanisms.

Deliberating Foreign Policy: Perceptions and Effects of Citizen Participation in Germany

Citizen participation has been a popular format in policy fields like environmental and climate policies for many years. More recently, however, it has extended to issues of foreign policy which has long been considered as a prerogative of the executive in democratic systems. This paper analyses citizen participation in German foreign policy by comparing deliberative-participatory processes implemented by the German Federal Foreign Office (AA) and the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU). We draw on recent scholarship in the field of deliberative democracy in order to gain a better understanding how the two ministries understand citizen participation, how they implement these processes, and what effects they have on formal decision-making. Using interviews, participant observation, and document analysis, we investigate two processes of citizen participation in depth. We argue that ministerial understandings of citizen participation determine how they design formats in their respective field. This leads to quite divergent implementations and results of deliberative-participatory formats in the field of foreign policy, depending on whether the AA or the BMU initiates them.

A Study on the Effect of Citizen Participation on Problem Stream and Policy Stream in Policy Agenda Setting: Focusing on the Moderating Effects of Government Trust

A Study on the Effect of Citizen Participation on Problem Stream and Policy Stream in Policy Agenda Setting: Focusing on the Moderating Effects of Government Trust

The Empirical Study on Effectiveness of Citizen Participation in Invil : Focusing on JeonBuk Invil

The Empirical Study on Effectiveness of Citizen Participation in Invil : Focusing on JeonBuk Invil

The Effectiveness of Citizen Participation in Public Hearing of Current China

The Effectiveness of Citizen Participation in Public Hearing of Current China

Report: Citizen participation as a part of integrated solid waste management: Porto Alegre case

This study presents the effects of citizen participation on integrated solid waste management. Porto Alegre was chosen as the area of study since its system is a good example for developing countries, based on the partnership between local government and the former scavengers' association that implements selective collection in the city. A life-cycle approach was used to estimate environmental loadings and economic costs based on solid waste generation, and a survey assessment tool was used to analyse social aspects. The results showed a decrease in environmental and economic impacts in the current situation, allowing Porto Alegre to have one of the most affordable integrated solid waste management systems in Brazil. The survey assessment pointed out that public campaign changed the perceptions and practices of most of Porto Alegre's citizens regarding solid waste management. On the other hand, it also pointed out that citizens need more education to increase their participation. Therefore, more research is needed to increase cooperation among all stakeholders, improve citizen participation, and consequently, further decrease the environmental impacts and economic costs.

The Effects of Citizen Participation in Park Planning on Future Park Maintenance and Management

街区公園の計画策定時における住民参加が, 開園後の地域住民による管理運営活動に与える影響を把握することを目的に, 住民参加により計画策定された公園を対象に, 計画策定方法および開園後の管理運営活動の実態を把握した。その結果, 住民参加が図られた公園では, 開園直後には維持管理・運営管理が活発に行われていたが, このうち, 運営管理については一時的な活動に止まっていることが明らかになった。また, 計画策定時の参加主体の違いが, 開園後の管理運営活動の継続に違いをもたらしていることが明らかになった。これらの知見にもとづき, 開園後の管理運営活動の促進に配慮した, 計画策定段階の参加主体のあり方を提言した。

Beyond the public hearing: citizen participation in the local government budget process

This study explores the use and effects of citizen participation in city budgeting. Interviews were conducted with budget directors in 28 midwestern cities. Participation was found to affect budget decisions, but the public hearing remains the primary formal opportunity for input in most cities. Technology is increasingly being used to expand the budget information available to the public. Budget complexity and citizen disinterest were cited as the major barriers to participation. However, a number of cities have successfully used participation mechanisms in the budget development process that can serve as models for other cities.

Citizen Participation and Policy Making in Singapore: Conditions and Predicaments

The citizenry, whether in democratic or authoritarian regimes, is a powerful resource governance. Paying attention to expressions of public will and sentiment is one of the most important principles of governance in any regime. is essential a prince to be on a with his people, since, otherwise, he will have no resources in adversity, so says one of the most insightful theorists of political power, Machiavelli, in The Prince. What Machiavelli did not say, however, is that this friendly footing can come in various forms and disguises, from a genuine respect the infallibility of the common man to direct manipulation of the citizenry. On one hand, citizens may be genuinely involved through direct involvement or representation and feel a real sense of belonging and control. On the other hand, they can be led into believing that they are participating in the political process when actually they are just being manipulated. This can be likened to a placebo-controlled surgical trial, a medical procedure where the patient is operated on but in fact nothing is removed or put in. In any case, the governing elite in such circumstances would spare no effort to declare that their policies are for the people, by the people, and of the people. The perpetual tensions between state interests and citizen participation can be extremely difficult to resolve. It must be pointed out, at the outset, that the effectiveness of citizen participation in affecting policy changes has long been questioned.' There are re-

Volunteers in the Delivery of Public Services: Hidden Costs... and Benefits

The literature on volunteers in public service tends to focus on efficiency and quality of performance. The case reported here illustrates additional benefits and costs of this approach. In 1988 and 1990 the State of Alabama used biracial teams of volunteer trainers to teach the requirements of a federal court order to poll workers in each of its counties. The benefits were a much larger work force than could have been assembled from paid employees, the speed with which it was recruited and deployed, and the symbolic effects of citizen participation. The principal cost was the extraordinary staff commitment required to coordinate the volunteer effort. The lessons of this experience are useful to scholars and public managers as they evaluate volunteer involvement in public service delivery.

Consumer Participation in Health Planning: Policy and Political Implications

This paper examines the implementation of the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act (P.L. 93-641) in three San Francisco Bay Area communities during the years 1976-1980. It focuses on a study of the role of consumers in the planning process and the policy and political implications of their participation. The results of the study point to the need to distinguish the effects of citizen participation on program outcomes from the effects on citi zens' own interests in the policy area. This finding has implications for how and under what conditions we may want to encourage opportunities for citizen participation in policy in the future.

Political Benefits of Program Participation: The Case of Community Crime Prevention

This article explores the effects of citizen participation in policy through a case study of the implementation of a community crime-prevention program in Chicago. Although the program was successf...

How Well Is the National Park Service Managing Its Cultural Resources: The NPCA Point of View

TO DETERMINE how well the National Park Service is managing its cultural resources, we must first establish a context for understanding the nature of these resources as well as the constraints under which they are administered. Much of the mission of the NPS is embodied within several laws. To .understand how this Interior Department agency is implementing its mission, it is important to review these laws briefly. This will help us to determine whether the NPS is managing its resources according to the mandates of law. This approach, however, will only provide the reader with one side of the story. To get a true picture of how the NPS is managing its cultural resources, we must consider the constraints of administration policies, including budget requests, and the political realities of both national and local governmental bodies. Further, we must add the effects of citizen participation in achieving an accurate picture of how the NPS is managing our cultural heritage. A complete understanding of the constraints under which the NPS must operate is not to buy excuses for it. Instead, it must be the beginning of a strategy for overcoming a variety of obstacles and reinforcing those positive actions of private and public bodies that assist the NPS in implementing its mission.

Popular Access to the Decision‐making Process in Switzerland: The Role of Direct Democracy

CENTRAL TO THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IS THE IDEA of popular control over the activities of elites. More specifically, how can the preferences of citizens be aggregated into a political choice for a government policy or government personnel? Popular control, the effects of citizen participation in political life, is the basis of a major value orientation in the discipline: the notion of participant democracy. The degree of citizen participation becomes the key to the nature of democracry in a society : the more participation, the more democratic the political life of a country becomes. Political participation may take a variety of forms, e.g., running for office, holding office,voting, soliciting votes, and campaigning for, or contributing funds to, I the party of one's choice. However, voting is the most emphasized aspect of citizen participation, since it is the only form of active participation many engage in. The limitations placed on voting as a mechanism for popular control over political choices are well documented. Voters do not choose when to vote, nor the agenda. They have minimal input into the selection of candidates and the choice of issues which divide the parties at elections. Public participation in the selection and resolution of important policy issues between elections is severely restricted.