Citizen participation in public decision making
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Citizen participation in public decision making
（Contributions in political science, no. 158）
Greenwood Press, c1987
- : lib. bdg. : alk. paper
Available at 32 libraries
-
Kobe University General Library / Library for Intercultural Studies
: lib. bdg. : alk. paper312-53-C061000098607
Note
Bibliography: p. [223]-228
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface Part I. Democracy and Technocracy: An Overview Citizen Participation and Technocracy by Jack DeSario and Stuart Langton The Politics of Policy Analysis: The Role of Citizen Participation in Analytic Decision Making by Mary Grisez Kweit and Robert W. Kweit Public Service Centers: The Michigan Experience by Thomas L. Van Valey and James C. Peterson Beyond Technocracy: Anticipatory Democracy in Government and the Marketplace by Clement Bezold Part II. Current Decision-Making Strategies in the United States Public Participation: Reflections of the California Energy Policy Experience by Michael D. Reagan and Victoria Lynn Fedor-Thurman Procedures for Citizen Involvement in Environmental Policy: An Assessment by Marcus E. Ethridge Consumers and Health Planning: Mobilization of Bias? by Jack DeSario The Role of Citizen-Initiated Programs in the Formulation of National Housing Policies by Rachel G. Bratt Technocratic Versus Democratic Options for Educational Policy by Edward P. Morgan Part III. The Future of Public Decision Making in the United States Toward a Metapolicy for Social Planning by Jack DeSario and Stuart Langton Bibliography Index
by "Nielsen BookData"