| ID | 077223 |
| Title Proper | But is it for real? the British Columbia citizens' assembly as a model of state-sponsored citizen empowerment |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lang, Amy |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Emerging forms of empowered participatory governance have generated considerable scholarly excitement, but critics continue to ask if such initiatives are "for real": Are participatory governance processes sufficiently independent? Do citizen participants make good policy choices? An in-depth look at the case of the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform suggests that real citizen empowerment depends on both the institutional constraints of the participa-tory setting and how citizen interests and arguments for policy outcomes crystallize over the course of a participatory process |
| `In' analytical Note | Politics and Society Vol. 35, No.1; Mar 2007: p35-70 |
| Journal Source | Politics and Society Vol. 35, No.1; Mar 2007: p35-70 |
| Key Words | Citizen Deliberation ; Participatory Governance ; Electoral Reform ; British Columbia Citizens' Assembly ; British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly |