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Encouraging Political Voices of Underrepresented Citizens through Coproduction

Evidence from a Randomized Field Trial

Bibliographic Data

ID6232084
AuthorsMorten Hjortskov (0000-0001-6631-7017, Aarhus University), Simon Calmar Andersen (0000-0001-5274-6953, Aarhus University), Morten Jakobsen (0000-0002-0279-8867, Aarhus University)
Year2018
Volume62
Issue3
Pages597-609
Publication date2018-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ajps.12360
OpenAlexW2805297539
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited48

Not all citizens’ voices are heard with equal strength in the political chorus. Based on studies of policy feedback, we suggest that engaging underrepresented citizens in the production of public services (i.e., making them “coproducers”) increases their political voice. We use a field experiment to test the effect of involving ethnic minorities in the education of their children on their propensity to directly voice their preferences with the education policy through government citizen surveys and their tendency to vote in elections. Among these normally underrepresented citizens, coproduction increased their propensity to voice their preferences to politicians through citizen surveys but not their tendency to vote. The effect on voicing in government citizen surveys tends to be larger among nonvoters. The results indicate how policies involving underrepresented citizens can raise the voices of people who would not otherwise be heard

Coproduction · Field (mathematics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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