Citizen Participation in Public Decision Making

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313254789
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/13/1987
Series:	Contributions in Political Science , #158
Pages:	249
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

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