Citizen Participation in Resource Allocation

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Theoretical and Historical Context of Public Participation Representation Versus Participation Politics Versus Administration Bureaucracies and Expertise Versus Citizen Access Tensions Public Hearings Advisory Committees Grassroots Versus Government-Sponsored Participation Citizen Agencies Discussion 2. Contemporary Techniques for Citizen Involvement Citizen Surveys and Forums Citizen Juries and Panels Two National Projects on the Federal Budget Deficit Organizations with Ongoing Efforts in Citizen Participation Preferences Under a Budget Constraint Gauging the Results of Citizen Participation Efforts Lessons from Participation Projects Discussion 3. How Do Citizens Balance the Budget? Eugene, Oregon, and Eugene Decisions The Design of the Surveys Analysis of the Survey Results Discussion 4. How Fiscal Information and Service Use Influence Citizen Preferences Notions of Citizenship and Responses to Fiscal Information Research on Effects of Fiscal Information and Service Use Methodology Findings:Information Effects Findings:Service Use Discussion 5. Conclusions: Lessons for Governments Where We Have Been Reflections on Citizen Participation Efforts Call for Research Last Words Appendices Appendix A: BOB (Build Your Own Budget) Survey Appendix B: Ivory Survey Appendix C: Blue Survey Appendix D: OLS Regression Coefficients:Services Appendix E: OLS Regression Coefficients:Taxes Appendix F: Logistic Regression Coefficients:Services Appendix G: Logistic Regression Coefficients:Taxes References Index