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Informationen zum Autor Nancy C. Roberts Klappentext Citizen involvement is considered the cornerstone of democratic theory and practice. On the other hand, direct citizen participation is often viewed with skepticism, even wariness. This work brings together the debates over citizen involvement. It provides an historical context, and fills in gaps not directly covered by the articles. Zusammenfassung Citizen involvement is considered the cornerstone of democratic theory and practice. On the other hand, direct citizen participation is often viewed with skepticism, even wariness. This work brings together the debates over citizen involvement. It provides an historical context, and fills in gaps not directly covered by the articles. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Direct Citizen Participation; 2: Administrative Theory and Direct Citizen Participation; 2.1: Citizens as Social Learners; 1: The Recovery of Civism In Public Administration; 2: Toward a Public Philosophy of Public Administration; 3: Facilitating Community, Enabling Democracy; 4: The New Public Service; 2.2: Citizens as Coproducers, Owners, and Co-Investors; 5: Citizenship and Service Delivery; 6: Reinventing Government or Reinventing Ourselves; 7: Reframing the Metaphor of the Citizen-Government Relationship; 3: Arenas of Direct Citizen Participation; 3.1: Policy Implementation: Programs and Sectors; 8: Citizen Participation in Community Action and Model Cities Programs; 9: Decentralization and Citizen Participation in Education; 10: Decentralization and Citizen Participation in Criminal Justice Systems; 11: Community Participation and Modernization; 3.2: Policy Analysis, Initiation, and Budgeting; 12: The Democratization of the Policy Sciences; 13: Public Deliberation; 14: The Relationship Between Citizen Involvement in the Budget Process and City Structure and Culture; 4: Mechanisms of Direct Citizen Participation; 4.1: Individual Participation; 15: Institutionalized Use of Citizen Surveys in the Budgetary and Policy-Making Processes; 4.2: Small Group Participation; 16: Emergent Citizen Groups and Emergency Management; 17: Citizens Panels; 4.3: Large Group Participation; 18: Consensus-Building for Integrated Resources Planning; 19: State Strategic Planning; 20: The Practice of Deliberative Democracy; 4.4: Electronic Participation; 21: Reinventing the Democratic Governance Project Through Information Technology?; 5: Assessments of Direct Citizen Participation; 22: Resident Participation; 23: Citizen Participation in the Philadelphia Model Cities Program; 24: Citizen Participation; 25: Making Bureaucrats Responsive; 26: The Question of Participation; 27: Assessing Public Participation in U.S. Cities; 28: Administrative Agents of Democracy?; 6: Building Theories of Direct Citizen Participation; 29: Public Involvement in Public Management; 30: Putting More Public in Policy Analysis; 31: From Responsiveness to Collaboration; 7: Direct Citizen Participation: Coming of Age...
