Citizen's Evaluations of Participatory Democratic Procedures
Normative Theory Meets Empirical Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340927 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael E Morrell (Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 293-322 |
| Publication date | 1999-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591299905200203 |
| OpenAlex | W2091207170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 48 |
| References cited | 19 |
Participatory democratic theorists claim that citizens would be transformed if they participated more directly in decision-making. These theorists, however, disagree about how participatory opportunities ought to be structured. In an attempt to integrate normative political theory and empirical political science, I examined one possible benefit of citizen participation: collective decision acceptance. Models of participation offered by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Stuart Mill are incompatible with contemporary participatory democracy, but Marsiglio of Padua offers a persuasive argument connecting participation and collective decision acceptance. In three experiments, I compared citizen's collective decision acceptance, individual assumption reevaluation, and group satisfaction for two different participatory structures -liberal and strong democratic procedures. Citizen's short-term perceptions were influenced most by their majority or minority status; with extended participation, however, the participatory structures significantly affected citizen's evaluations of the participatory process. Contrary to expectations, the liberal democratic group scored higher on all three measures. I theorize that participatory opportunities should occur frequently, across a variety of issues, and should be structured so that citizens do not feel personally attacked in the decision-making process
Argument (complex analysis · Citizen journalism · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Economics · Normative · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public relations · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 48 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,92 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |