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Title
Public participation and the impact of third-party facilitators
Description
Research suggests that a particularly important variable in determining success in public participation is the presence of a facilitator. Data from a study of 239 public participation case studies is analyzed using descriptive and statistical analysis to determine the impact on success of the participation efforts if a facilitator is present and whether or not internal versus external facilitators have a significant impact on success. The data suggest that facilitators have a positive impact on the success of public participation efforts and, in particular, that public participation efforts that use facilitators are more successful when the facilitator is a third-party intermediary (external) versus a member of the lead agency's staff (internal).
Date Created
2013
Contributors
- Wastchak, Daran Reginald (Author)
- Cayer, Joseph (Thesis advisor)
- Lucio, Joanna (Committee member)
- Schugurensky, Daniel, 1958- (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
- Public Administration
- Communication
- public policy
- Citizen participation
- Facilitation
- Group Communication
- Public Administration
- Public Participation
- Mediation--Social aspects.
- Mediation
- Group facilitation--Social aspects.
- Group facilitation
- Communication in public administration--Social aspects.
- Communication in public administration
Resource Type
Extent
x, 160 p. : ill
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17903
Statement of Responsibility
by Daran Reginald Wastchak
Description Source
Viewed on Mar. 13, 2015
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2013
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-151)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Public administration
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- 2021-08-30 01:41:47
- 3 years ago
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