Article,
Citizens Panels: A New Approach to Citizen Participation
Public Administration Review, 46 (2): 170--178 (April 1986)ArticleType: primary\_article / Full publication date: Mar. - Apr., 1986 / Copyright © 1986 American Society for Public Administration.
DOI: 10.2307/976169
Abstract
Despite an increase of citizen participation at local levels during the 1960s-70s, a growing literature indicates that these efforts are having only a limited impact. This article describes a novel form of citizen participation which as been developed by the Center for New Democratic Processes over the last decade. These "Citizens Panels" are modeled after the jury system and are similar to a process which has been developed independently by a team of West German social scientists. It is the belief of the authors that this process can overcome many of the deficiencies of other approaches to participation. Six criteria are suggested for a successful method of participation. These are applied to a project run throughout Minnesota in 1984, where 60 randomly selected individuals examined the impact of agriculture on water quality and made recommendations to project sponsors, including several state agencies. Although the project met some criteria better than others, the authors conclude that Citizens Panels have high potential for a variety of uses.
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