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A Ladder of Citizen Participation
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The heated controversy over “citizen participation,” “citizen control,” and “maximum feasible involvement of the poor,” has been waged largely in terms of exacerbated rhetoric and misleading euphemisms. To encourage a more enlightened dialogue, a typology of citizen participation is offered using examples from three federal social programs: urban renewal, anti-poverty, and Model Cities. The typology, which is designed to be provocative, is arranged in a ladder pattern with each rung corresponding to the extent of citizens’ power in determining the plan and/or program.
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“Second, concerning the effective use of participatory planning, Sherry R. Arnstein reminded us that participating in a process is one thing, but having the power to influence the outcome is another.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Arnstein, S. R.
- Corresponding author
- Arnstein, Sherry R.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Planning Association
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-01-02
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 24-34
- ISSN
- 0194-4363 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0130
- OpenAlex
- W4229999961
- Cited by
- 796
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 68 · 2025: 93 · 2024: 75 · 2023: 97 · 2022: 110 · 2021: 78 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 36
- FWCI
- 195.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Planning Association (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Planning and Governance
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Local Governance and Planning
- Keywords
- citizen participation, citizen control, typology of participation, urban regeneration, anti-poverty policy, Model Cities program, federal social programs, poor people, citizen power
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