TY - JOUR
T1 - Citizen Participation in Budgeting
T2 - A Trade-Off between Knowledge and Inclusiveness?
AU - Hong, Sounman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by The American Society for Public Administration.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Research on citizen participation has noted a tension between fostering an inclusive policy-making process and simultaneously maintaining a competent pool of participating citizens. This article investigates the implications of this trade-off by testing the impact of measured levels of inclusiveness and participating citizens' knowledgeability on two performance metrics: citizen engagement and process efficiency. Results indicate that although inclusiveness may be negatively associated with the level of engagement, both knowledgeability and inclusiveness are positively associated with process efficiency. Overall, the findings suggest that policy makers can pursue the democratic ideal of opening policy making to the citizenry while still maintaining an efficient process.
AB - Research on citizen participation has noted a tension between fostering an inclusive policy-making process and simultaneously maintaining a competent pool of participating citizens. This article investigates the implications of this trade-off by testing the impact of measured levels of inclusiveness and participating citizens' knowledgeability on two performance metrics: citizen engagement and process efficiency. Results indicate that although inclusiveness may be negatively associated with the level of engagement, both knowledgeability and inclusiveness are positively associated with process efficiency. Overall, the findings suggest that policy makers can pursue the democratic ideal of opening policy making to the citizenry while still maintaining an efficient process.
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U2 - 10.1111/puar.12377
DO - 10.1111/puar.12377
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84932195678
VL - 75
SP - 572
EP - 582
JO - Public Administration Review
JF - Public Administration Review
SN - 0033-3352
IS - 4
ER -