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The Possibility and Reality of Collective Action through Orderly Citizen Participation——An Empirical Study of Public Policy Making in Beijing and Qingdao
Wei Na, ZHANG Xiao-jin
Teaching and Research
2010, (3):
12-18.
The public policy making process is in effect a process of interaction between the government and the society,and a process of collective choice by the government and the public concerning public issues.Based on an investigation of the Beijing and Qingdao residents’ participation in public policy making,the article maintains that orderly citizen participation is the basis for reaching conformity in collective action on public policy making,but the reality of selective citizen participation poses major constraining factors.Findings of this research suggest that autonomous citizen participation may be significantly promoted through advocating the guiding functions of grass-root organizations such as the community and neighborhood committees,cultivating the common ground for trust,accumulating social capital,and raising the efficacy of citizen participation.All this may eventually lead to collective actions in public policy making.
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