The continuous expansion of citizen participation: a new taxonomy

A Ladder of Citizen Participation

The beated controversy over "citizen participation," "citizen conuol," and "maximum feasible involvement of the poor," has been waged largely in ( enDS of exacerbated rhetoric and misleading euphemislDS. To encourage a more enlightened dialogue, a typology of citizen participation is offered using examples from three federal social programs: urban renewal. antipoverty, and Model Cities. The typ...

Citizen centric e-participation

New e-participation services are heralded as an important means to achieve “citizen-centric government”. The project “Citizen-centric e-Participation” is a trilateral collaboration project between Sweden, Estonia and Iceland, combining research with networking to enhance e-participation in three countries. The project network includes partners from local governments, experienced researchers in ...

Goods Citizen Participation and the Neighborhood Context: a New Look at the Coproduction of Local Public

A mobile app for citizen participation

Mobile apps for urban participation are a rather new development. The literature provides certain potentials of mobile apps in this context, as well of mobile participation (mparticipation) in general. While developing a mobile app for the specific purpose of georeferenced, instant polling in urban development contexts, the question rose: is m-participation different from e-participation or fac...

Citizen Participation in the American Federal System

i This "In Brief" report highlights Commission findings and recommendations from an ACIR report entitled Citizen Participation in the American Federal System, adopted by the Advisory Sacramento) made significant contributions to the study. Carol S. Weissert, ACIR Information Officer, wrote this "In Brief" based on their work.