The listening bureaucrat: Responsiveness in public administration
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Participation works when governments listen and ensure responsive, satisfying processes.
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- Authors
- Stivers, C.
- Corresponding author
- Stivers, Camilla
- ORCID
- Stivers, Camilla
- Venue
- Public Administration Review
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1994-07
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 364
- ISSN
- 0033-3352 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4253485933
- Cited by
- 204
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Public Administration Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public Administration and Governance
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Keywords
- bureaucratic responsiveness, public administration, citizen participation, government responsiveness, citizen-government relations
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