But Is It for Real? The British Columbia Citizens' Assembly as a Model of State-Sponsored Citizen Empowerment

Bibliographic Data

ID2317152
AuthorsAmy Schrager Lang (0000-0002-1084-0092, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Amy Lang (0000-0002-1905-8013, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Year2007
Volume35
Issue1
Pages35-70
Publication date2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Politics and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1531-426X • E-ISSN: 1548-2456
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0032329206297147
OpenAlexW2170046436
LanguageEN
Citations received38
References cited9

Emerging forms of empowered participatory governance have generated considerable scholarly excitement, but critics continue to ask if such initiatives are 'for real': Are participatory governance processes sufficiently independent? Do citizen participants make good policy choices? An in-depth look at the case of the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform suggests that real citizen empowerment depends on both the institutional constraints of the participa-tory setting and how citizen interests and arguments for policy outcomes crystallize over the course of a participatory process

Citizen journalism · Citizen science · Corporate governance · Economics · Empowerment · Management · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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