Objectives The PROMPT study, Participatory Research in Ottawa, Management and Point-of-care of Tobacco, is a prospective cohort study which utilizes community-based participation and social network-based approaches to address tobacco dependence in inner city Ottawa. The project was designed to: facilitate retention of participants; to understand the barriers and facilitators of smoking; optimiz...

Local governments are creating 311 public service request lines across the US, and the publicly-available data from these lines is continuously-measured, geographically finegrained, and a non-self-reported measure of citizens’ behavior. As such, it seems a promising measure of neighborhood civic engagement. However, this data is both empirically and theoretically different from many common citi...

It has been conventional to conceptualize civic life through one of two core images: the citizen as lone individualist or the citizen as joiner. Drawing on analyses of the historical development of the public sphere, we propose an alternative analytical framework for civic engagement based on small group interaction. By embracing this micro-level approach, we contribute to the debate on civil s...

This research provides insights to government into the potential of web 2.0 as a mechanism to engage with the public on issues concerning road safety. It uses the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) to bring about citizen engagement. An important first step in TTM was to establish young people’s ‘contemplation’ of engaging with government via web 2.0 by determining their abilities and expect...

Reviewing the literature on political participation and civic engagement, the article offers a critical examination of different conceptual frameworks. Drawing on previous definitions and operationalisations, a new typology for political participation and civic engagement is developed, highlighting the multidimensionality of both concepts. In particular, it makes a clear distinction between man...

The urban development of learning is a key goal the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). However, drive to achieve requires several points. Citizenship cooperation are associated with developing city learning. This research studies relationship between citizenship in driving city. study uses methodology structure-equation model (SEM) relationships. Coopera...