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Author : United States. Public Assistance Bureau,Evalyn G. Weller,Elizabeth B. Kilbourne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Public welfare
ISBN : MINN:30000010571606
Author : Andrew Sancton,Chen Zhenming
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781482228984
What, if anything, is similar about citizen participation at the local level in Canada and China? The answer, of course, is politically sensitive. There are many in Canada who would claim that the question is absurd. How can there be meaningful citizen participation in a country where there are significant restrictions on political activity, includ
Author : Helen Elizabeth Martz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Public administration
ISBN : UOM:39015010561572
Author : Nea Carroll Toner,Walter B. Toner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : PURD:32754081246732
Author : Helen Ingram,Steven Rathgeb Smith
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815717725
A fundamental rethinking is under way about the roles of government, citizens, and community organizations in public policy. Can government be reconstructed to make public policies more responsive to citizens and thus more effective? This challenge is apparent in the activist policy agenda of the Clinton administration, which supports national service programs, government-voluntary collaborations, and community-based development projects. Public Policy for Democracy is an important and timely contribution to the current discussion of how to get people more involved in their own governance. In this book, contributors urge policymakers and policy analysts to promote a more vigorous and inclusive democracy by incorporating concerns about citizenship in their craft, rather than strictly emphasizing efficiency and effectiveness. The authors provide insight into how the social construction of politics affects the recipients of the policies and the public in general. They call attention to how policies reinforce negative stereotypes of some groups, such as welfare recipients, and often lead to political alienation and withdrawal. In addition, they discuss how polices using "clinical reason"—a term borrowed from medicine and used as a way to classify people—are increasingly applied to nonmedical situations, such as domestic violence, to restrict individual power and legitimacy. The authors argue that much needs to be done by the government itself to improve policy design and empower all citizens to participate in the democratic process. They identify concrete strategies for policymakers to enhance the role of citizens without sacrificing program effectiveness.
Author : Andrea Louise Campbell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400841318
Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? In this richly detailed and fluidly written book, Andrea Campbell argues that democratic participation and public policy powerfully reinforce each other. Through a case study of senior citizens in the United States and their political activity around Social Security, she shows how highly participatory groups get their policy preferences fulfilled, and how public policy itself helps create political inequality. Using a wealth of unique survey and historical data, Campbell shows how the development of Social Security helped transform seniors from the most beleaguered to the most politically active age group. Thus empowered, seniors actively defend their programs from proposed threats, shaping policy outcomes. The participatory effects are strongest for low-income seniors, who are most dependent on Social Security. The program thus reduces political inequality within the senior population--a laudable effect--while increasing inequality between seniors and younger citizens. A brief look across policies shows that program effects are not always positive. Welfare recipients are even less participatory than their modest socioeconomic backgrounds would imply, because of the demeaning and disenfranchising process of proving eligibility. Campbell concludes that program design profoundly shapes the nature of democratic citizenship. And proposed policies--such as Social Security privatization--must be evaluated for both their economic and political effects, because the very quality of democratic government is influenced by the kinds of policies it chooses.
Author : United States. Social and Rehabilitation Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Community organization
ISBN : UCAL:B4360776
Author : Jack DeSario,Stuart Langton,Policy Studies Organization
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1987-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015012149558
As services provided by government have expanded over the past several decades, so inevitably, has bureaucracy--especially the corps of professional administrators in charge of programs ranging from health care to the maintenance of efficient transportation networks. Under pressure from reform groups to promote public accountability by involving citizens in the decision-making process, government has begun to place private citizens on many important health, education, transportation, and environmental planning bodies. This study of citizen participation and technocracy, written by twelve prominent specialists, provides the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical analyses of these recent developments and their impact on formulating, directing, and implementing public policies.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264725904
Public authorities from all levels of government increasingly turn to Citizens' Assemblies, Juries, Panels and other representative deliberative processes to tackle complex policy problems ranging from climate change to infrastructure investment decisions. They convene groups of people representing a wide cross-section of society for at least one full day – and often much longer – to learn, deliberate, and develop collective recommendations that consider the complexities and compromises required for solving multifaceted public issues.
Author : Nancy C. Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317458807
Citizen involvement is considered the cornerstone of democratic theory and practice. Citizens today have the knowledge and ability to participate more fully in the political, technical, and administrative decisions that affect them. On the other hand, direct citizen participation is often viewed with skepticism, even wariness. Many argue that citizens do not have the time, preparation, or interest to be directly involved in public affairs, and suggest instead that representative democracy, or indirect citizen participation, is the most effective form of government. Some of the very best writings on this key topic - which is at the root of the entire "reinventing government" movement - can be found in the journals that ASPA publishes or sponsors. In this collection Nancy Roberts has brought together the emerging classics on the ongoing debate over citizen involvement. Her detailed introductory essay and section openers frame the key issues, provide historical context, and fill in any gaps not directly covered by the articles. More than just an anthology, "The Age of Direct Citizen Participation" provides a unique and useful framework for understanding this important subject. It is an ideal resource for any Public Administration course involving citizen engagement and performance management.
Author : United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,Carol S. Weissert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Federal government
ISBN : SRLF:AA0004988176
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN : PSU:000031669306
Author : Charles R. Foster
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483154237
Comparative Public Policy and Citizen Participation: Energy, Education, Health, and Urban Issues in the U.S. and Germany focuses on the processes involved in policy formulation and the functions of citizens in such activity. Concerns include education, energy and environmental policies, decision making, and delivery of human services. The selection first analyzes the policy-making procedures in the United States, including participation of the poor in poverty programs, welfare reform, energy legislation, and federal aid to elementary and secondary education. The book then discusses the participation of citizens in decision-making processes in energy and environmental policy. The necessity of citizens’ participation, failure of political parties, local decision making, and approval procedures for the federal emissions protection act are elaborated. The publication underscores citizens' participation at government expense, including federal experience with intervenor funding, congressional activities, and signs of change in the public sector. The text also takes a look at education as loosely coupled systems in West Germany and the United States; experiences with participation in the continuing education of teachers in West Germany, and participation of citizens in the delivery of human services. The book is a dependable reference for readers interested in the processes involved in policy formulation and the role of citizens in such undertaking.
Author : Philip Jeffrey Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Community development
ISBN : IND:39000008639606
Author : Anna A. Amirkhanyan,Kristina T. Lambright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351379267
Citizen Participation in the Age of Contracting is based on a simple premise: in democracies, power originates with citizens. While citizen participation in government remains a central tenet of democracy, public service delivery structures are considerably more complex today than they were fifty years ago. Today, governments contract with private organizations to deliver a wide array of services. Yet, we know very little about how citizens influence government decisions and policies in the "hollow state." Based on nearly 100 interviews with public and private managers, our findings about the state of citizen participation in contract governance are somewhat disheartening. Public and private organizations engaged citizens in a number of ways. However, most of their efforts failed to shift the power structure in communities and did not give citizens a chance to fundamentally shape local priorities and programs. Instead, elected officials and professional staff largely maintained control over significant policy and administrative decisions. Widespread, but narrow in their forms and impact, the participation practices we uncovered did not live up to the ideals of democracy and self-governance. Citizen Participation in the Age of Contracting is suitable for those who study public administration, as well as in other closely related fields such as nonprofit management and organizational behavior.
