PMR — pp. 1-28 2026-05-31 Original A sense of responsibility: factors affecting individuals’ participation in coproduction delivery
PMR — pp. 1-27 2026-04-13 Original Taking the reins or taking the ride: the impact of online interactions on citizens’ perceptions of equity in public services
JOP — 2026-04-01
Original Varieties of Participation and Investment in Local Public Goods: Evidence from an RCT in Kenya
Tara Grillos, Michael Touchton
Abstract
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中文 参与形式的多样性与地方公共品投资:来自肯尼亚随机对照试验的证据
PSJ — 2026-03-24
Original Democratic Values in Citizen Participation: What Citizens Prioritize in Participation
Take Sipma, Frank Hendriks
Abstract
ABSTRACT Citizen participation is often initiated to strengthen democracy. While participatory innovations are typically assessed through normative frameworks emphasizing democratic values, little is known about which of these values are prioritized by citizens. This research note presents findings from an original survey conducted in the Netherlands in 2024, investigating which democratic values citizens prioritize in the context of citizen participation. Drawing on Hendriks' (2022) democratic values typology including inclusiveness, process fairness, efficaciousness, resilience and counterbalance, we operationalize five value statements and asked respondents to rank them. Citizens most frequently prioritize efficacious outcomes and fair procedures, while inclusiveness, resilience, and counterbalance receive less emphasis. This pattern highlights the central role of both effective governance and procedural fairness in citizen participation. Value priorities nevertheless vary across citizens: inclusiveness, understood as the inclusion of diverse perspectives, is more strongly emphasized by left‐wing citizens, whereas counterbalance is primarily prioritized by politically dissatisfied citizens, but remains a lower overall priority. These findings offer an exploratory first step in linking normative frameworks on democratic values with how citizens themselves prioritize those values.