Evaluating Public-Participation Exercises
A Research Agenda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5337946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gene Rowe (0000-0002-0635-9159, Quadram Institute), Lynn J Frewer (0000-0002-6494-3492, Wageningen University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 512-556 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0162243903259197 |
| OpenAlex | W2092377820 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 283 |
| References cited | 66 |
The concept of public participation is one of growing interest in the UK and elsewhere, with a commensurate growth in mechanisms to enable this. The merits of participation, however, are difficult to ascertain, as there are relatively few cases in which the effectiveness of participation exercises have been studied in a structured (as opposed to highly subjective) manner. This seems to stem largely from uncertainty in the research community as to how to conduct evaluations. In this article, one agenda for conducting evaluation research that might lead to the systematic acquisition of knowledge is presented. This agenda identifies the importance of defining effectiveness and of operationalizing one's definition (i.e., developing appropriate measurement instruments and processes). The article includes analysis of the nature of past evaluations, discussion of potential difficulties in the enactment of the proposed agenda, and discussion of some potential solutions
Economics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Management science · Operationalization · Political science · Public participation · Public relations · Sociology · Engineering · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport · Public Policy and Administration Research · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
Mesurer l effectivit du droit de l environnement
Politik in der digitalen Gesellschaft
Development of a participatory Bayesian network model for integrating ecosystem services into catchment-scale water resources management
O lugar do diálogo nas políticas públicas de educação ambiental
When 'memory work' becomes 'memory protest
Participação pública em processos decisórios sobre políticas de ciência e tecnologia
Evaluation of Bayesian Networks in Participatory Water Resources Management, Upper Guadiana Basin, Spain
Implementing Participatory Water Management
Public Participation in Scientific Research
Beyond Dry Feet? Experiences from a Participatory Water-Management Planning Case in The Netherlands
Governance and the Capacity to Manage Resilience in Regional Social-Ecological Systems
Informal Participatory Platforms for Adaptive Management. Insights into Niche-finding, Collaborative Design and Outcomes from a Participatory Process in the Rhine Basin
Designing Participation Processes for Water Management and Beyond
Para além dos obstáculos
Global Deliberative Democracy and Climate Change
Functional‐dynamic public participation in technological decision‐making
Participation, Process and Partnerships
Articulating Contextualized Knowledge
Exploring public participation as a vehicle for child participation in governance
Evaluation of Public Participation
Institutional constraints and practical problems in deliberative and participatory policy making
Participación ciudadana en México
What Do Participants Take Away from Local eParticipation
Patient Partnership in Decision-Making on Biomedical Research
Između ispunjavanja forme i promicanja demokracije
The Contingent Nature of Life
From Participation to Co-production
Folkevalgt og politisk leder
Mesurer l’effectivité du droit de l’environnement
Ground Truths
The Place of Play
Democracy and Expertise
Evaluating patient and stakeholder engagement in research
Measuring societal effects of transdisciplinary research projects
Sustainable universities – a study of critical success factors for participatory approaches
From Transportation Equity to Transportation Justice
Knowledge exchange
Key issues and research priorities for public participation GIS (PPGIS)
Does mapping improve public participation? Exploring the pros and cons of using public participation GIS in urban planning practices
Beyond participation
Towards smart sustainable cities
Public participation in health care priority setting
A theory of participation
L'instrumentation participative de l'action publique
Using public participation within land use change scenarios for analysing environmental and socioeconomic drivers
Co-production trajectories
Public engagement on global health challenges
The Role of ‘the Public’ in the Management of Newfoundland’s Forestry Heritage
Perception of environmental insurance risk vs. implementation of control measures in organizations managed according to ISO 14001
From causal theory to policy metrics
Development, testing, and evaluation of participatory video module on virtual marketing for women self-help groups in India
The Circular model
Assessing participatory process‐system linkages in polycentric water governance
Idiosyncrasies of public value
Transaction sociale et participation
Deliberative democracy and environmental justice
Integrated participatory visioning for a shared and desired spatial energy future
Access to information and public participation
Workshop processes to generate stakeholder consensus about post-mining land uses
Explaining Public Participation in Environmental Governance in China
A Framework for Post-Project Evaluation of Multicriteria Decision Aiding Processes from the Stakeholders’ Perspective
Comparing Structured and Unstructured Facilitation Approaches in Consultation Workshops
Deliberating coral reef protection – Cultural Theory tested
Does citizen participation make public servants more satisfied with their jobs? It depends on whether they are Spectators or Participants
How has digital participatory mapping influenced urban planning
Public and patient involvement in health policy decision-making on the health system level – A scoping review
Impact of information timeliness and richness on public engagement on social media during Covid-19 pandemic
The evaluation of citizen participation in policymaking
Connecting urban agriculture with design thinking
Bringing in the citizen
Public participation in mission-oriented innovation projects
Exploring Responsible Research and Innovation in Museums Through Hands‐on Activities
The Australian Experience of World Wide Views on Global Warming
The Varieties of Individual Engagement (VIE) Scales
Deliberative Technology
Deliberations on the Life Sciences
Mapping Case Studies of Public Engagement and Participation in Science and Technology
The impact of patient and public involvement in healthcare services
Evaluating the scalability of public participation in urban land use planning
Science Literacy or Value Predisposition? A Meta-Analysis of Factors Predicting Public Perceptions of Benefits, Risks, and Acceptance of Nuclear Energy
Participatory budgets in Canoas (Brazil) and Cascais (Portugal). A comparative analysis of the drivers of success
Stakeholder’s opinion of public participation in Thai environmental and health impact assessment
More than a meeting? The potential and limitations of invited multi-stakeholder spaces in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon
What can co-creation do for the citizens? Applying co-creation for the promotion of participation in cities
Testing the value of public participation in Germany
Stakeholder empowerment through participatory planning practices
What is the quality of participatory renewable energy planning in Europe? A comparative analysis of innovative practices in 25 projects
From consultation to collaboration
Interests and Influence
Whose input counts? Evaluating the process and outcomes of public consultation through the BC Water Act Modernization
What participants do. A practice based approach to public participation in two policy fields
Frame Reflection Lab
Ethics of Risk Analysis and Regulatory Review
The Sociology of Expertise
Affordability of housing and accessibility of public services
Participatory Approaches in Science and Technology
Evaluation of a Mixed Participatory Method to Improve Mutual Understanding Between Consumers and Chain Actors
A framework to evaluate the effectiveness of web-based geo-participation tools as a public participation technique
Finding meaningful participation in volunteer geographic information and citizen science
Actors, arenas and aims
Evaluation
Public Participation and the Environment
Assessing Consensus
Case Study Research
Public Participation in Forest Planning
Decision support for organisational risk management by problem structuring
Preliminary results of an evaluation of three Healthy Cities initiatives in the Montreal area
Decision support for organisational risk management by problem structuring
Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation
Public involvement in health care priority setting
Internal Citizen Control of Locally Initiated Citizen Advisory Committees
Public Involvement in Administration
Science and Public Policy
Enhancing Public Input Into Decision Making
The craft and theory of public participation
Public participation in the evaluation of health care
Voices from the Forest
A pound of cure
An Evaluation of Three Democratic, Community-Based Approaches to Citizen Participation
Measuring Fairness in Citizen Participation
Public involvement in resource planning
Values, conflict, and trust in participatory environmental planning
Enhancing Citizen Participation
Citizen Advisory Boards
Toward a dual-influence system
Citizen involvement in hazardous waste sites
Defining “successful” environmental dispute resolution
Evaluating the First U.S. Consensus Conference
Evaluation of a Deliberative Conference
Measuring the success of public participation on environmental restoration and waste management activities in the U.S. Department of Energy
Citizen Participants in Public Bureaucracies
Citizen Participation in Water Quality Planning
Water Politics and Public Involvement
Citizens Panels
Public participation in decision making
Citizen participation and judgment in policy analysis
A Ladder Of Citizen Participation
The Politics of Public Hearings
Citizen Participation
Public participation and the democratic renewal agenda
Making Bureaucrats Responsive
Citizen Participation and Environmental Risk
Public Participation Methods
Participatory Analysis, Democracy, and Technological Decision Making
Participatory Local Governance and Transport Planning
Engaging the Public
Mediated Negotiation in the Public Sector
The Public Hearing as an Effective Citizen Participation Mechanism
| Unique citing works | 283 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 12,86 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 258 |