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How Not to Increase Participation in Local Government: Th e Advantages of Experiments When Testing Policy Interventions

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Abstract:
Local governments benefi t from nonelected committees that provide citizen input on important issues. Although these committees off er a valuable tool for policy makers, they suff er from low participation and tend to underrepresent economically disadvantaged citizens. Th is article reports the results of a randomized survey experiment that evaluated the relative eff ectiveness of off ering social recognition or skills training. The findings show that entreaties to articipate premised on gaining social recognition had no eff ect on willingness to participate and that off ers to provide training actually decreased citizens’ willingness to participate, especially among economically disadvantaged citizens. Even though these approaches may hold promise, this particular policy intervention did not live up to that promise. The article concludes with a discussion of the importance of testing policy interventions before wide-scale
implementation and the utility of randomized experiments in this process.

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Judul Seri

Public Administration

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

: Public Administration Review,., 2015

Deskripsi Fisik

Public Administration Review, Vol. 76, Iss. 1, pp. 131–139. © 2015

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English

ISBN/ISSN

DOI: 10.1111/puar.12

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Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

Vol. 76, Iss. 1, , 2015

Subjek

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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