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9780813368405

Citizen Participation in Resource Allocation

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    9780813368405

  • ISBN10:

    0813368405

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-11-01
  • Publisher: Westview Pr
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Summary

Not all citizens seek to extract a 'free lunch' from government by demanding more services at the same time that they eschew taxes. It is possible to gather the insights of an representative and informed citizenry in sophisticated and reliable form.Citizen Participation in Resource Allocationexplores the means to obtaining informed insight from citizens in ways that can aid decision-makers who seek to understand the preferences of the public as a whole not just from its most vocal critics.Simonsen and Robbins present a description and analysis of several specific participation efforts from throughout the United States. They also examine more generally the idea of participation mechanisms, the objectives they seek to achieve and the roots of their contributions to governance. The authors look at the ways in which participatory efforts have evolved to shape and be shaped by the changing needs of the nation. Then they turn their attention to an analysis of findings from Eugene Decisions, an innovative participation mechanism combining forums and surveys created in an attempt to allow citizens to propose solutions to an ongoing budget deficit.Citizen Participation in Resource Allocationexposes the contemporary glut of participation projects to the scrutiny of objective questioning and analysis. What makes citizen participation efforts useful? How has citizen participation evolved in the life of public administration? Which participation processes are best poised to provide a clear view of the budget balancing preferences of informed citizens? How do citizens respond to questions about their specific solutions to a government's budget crisis?The authors, researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of Georgia, combine their efforts to present a lively and concise look at the traditions of participation and its practical use for resource allocation decisions.

Author Biography

William Simonsen is associate professor in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University of Oregon, where he has taught since 1990. Mark D. Robbins is assistant professor of political science at the University of Georgia.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Theoretical and Historical Context of Public Participation
1(20)
Representation Versus Participation
4(3)
Politics Versus Administration
7(3)
Bureaucracies and Expertise Versus Citizen Access
10(1)
Tensions
11(1)
Public Hearings
12(1)
Advisory Committees
13(1)
Grassroots Versus Government-Sponsored Participation
14(2)
Citizen Agencies
16(1)
Discussion
17(4)
Contemporary Techniques for Citizen Involvement
21(24)
Citizen Surveys and Forums
22(4)
Citizen Juries and Panels
26(3)
Two National Projects on the Federal Budget Deficit
29(1)
Organizations with Ongoing Efforts in Citizen Participation
30(1)
Preferences Under a Budget Constraint
31(2)
Gauging the Results of Citizen Participation Efforts
33(4)
Lessons from Participation Projects
37(4)
Discussion
41(4)
How Do Citizens Balance the Budget?
45(26)
Eugene, Oregon, and Eugene Decisions
45(5)
The Design of the Surveys
50(2)
Analysis of the Survey Results
52(16)
Discussion
68(3)
How Fiscal Information and Service Use Influence Citizen Preferences
71(44)
Notions of Citizenship and Responses to Fiscal Information
71(2)
Research on Effects of Fiscal Information and Service Use
73(6)
Methodology
79(8)
Findings---Information Effects
87(11)
Findings---Service Use
98(10)
Discussion
108(7)
Conclusions: Lessons for Governments
115(10)
Where We Have Been
115(5)
Reflections on Citizen Participation Efforts
120(1)
Call for Research
121(1)
Last Words
122(3)
Appendices 125(38)
Appendix A: BOB (Build Your Own Budget) Survey
125(6)
Appendix B: Ivory Survey
131(13)
Appendix C: Blue Survey
144(15)
Appendix D: OLS Regression Coefficients---Services
159(1)
Appendix E: OLS Regression Coefficients---Taxes
160(1)
Appendix F: Logistic Regression Coefficients---Services
161(1)
Appendix G: Logistic Regression Coefficients---Taxes
162(1)
References 163(10)
Index 173

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