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The Role Of Citizen Spotlighting Procedures In Promoting Citizen Participation, Transparency, And Accountability, David Markell
The Role Of Citizen Spotlighting Procedures In Promoting Citizen Participation, Transparency, And Accountability, David Markell
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Citizen-Friendly Approaches To Environmental Governance, David Markell
Citizen-Friendly Approaches To Environmental Governance, David Markell
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Numerous commentators have urged that government increase opportunities for citizen participation as a way to advance a variety of public policy goals (enhancing government legitimacy, promoting more informed government decisions, etc.). In this Article, David L. Markell explores the experience of an international decisionmaking process that relies heavily on citizen participation, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) citizen submissions process, through the lens of the procedural justice literature, which seeks to understand the reasons why citizens are satisfied with decisionmaking processes. He offers some thoughts about the design and operation of the CEC process in terms of its effectiveness in …
Understanding Citizen Perspectives On Government Decision-Making Processes As A Way To Improve The Administrative State, David L. Markell
Understanding Citizen Perspectives On Government Decision-Making Processes As A Way To Improve The Administrative State, David L. Markell
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This Article explores possible insights from the “procedural justice” literature about features of government decision making processes that citizens are likely to consider to be particularly valuable or important. Numerous commentators have urged that the government take steps to increase citizen participation in its decision making processes as a way to offset concerns about government legitimacy. The premise of the Article is that incorporating into government decision making processes features that are important to citizens is a potentially helpful step in fostering meaningful citizen participation. Processes that citizens value are more likely to be processes that citizens use and that …
Governance Of International Institutions: A Review Of The North American Commission For Environmental Cooperation's Citizen Submissions Process, David L. Markell
Governance Of International Institutions: A Review Of The North American Commission For Environmental Cooperation's Citizen Submissions Process, David L. Markell
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The Commission For Environmental Cooperation's Citizen Submission Process, David L. Markell
The Commission For Environmental Cooperation's Citizen Submission Process, David L. Markell
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