Definition
Community participation involves both theory and practice related to the direct involvement of citizens or citizen action groupspotentially affected by or interested in a decision or action. Community is conceptualized as involving a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality (often referred to as community of place) or sharing a common heritage or set of values, for example with a common cultural identity or with political bonds (often referred to as community of interest). Participation is the act of engaging in and contributing to the activities, processes, and outcomes of a group. The general tenet of community participation holds that those who are affected by a decision have a right...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Arendt, H. (1958). The human condition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Arnstein, S. R. (1969). A ladder of citizen participation. Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 35, 216–224.
Barber, B. R. (1984). Strong democracy: Participatory politics for a new age. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Barker, A., Chamberlain, H., Eyre, J., Gomez, B., Hofberger, J., Jones, J., et al. (2003). The role of collaborative groups in federal land and resource management: A legal analysis. Journal of Land, Resources, and Environmental Law, 23, 67–141.
Berlin, I. (1958 [2002]). In H. Hardy (Ed.), Liberty. Two Concepts of Liberty (pp. 166–217) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bessette, J. (1994). The mild voice of reason: Deliberative democracy & American National Government. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Caldwell, L. K. (1990). Between two worlds: Science, the environmental movement and policy choice. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Coggins, G. C. (1998). Regulating federal natural resources: A summary case against devolved collaboration. Ecology Law Quarterly, 25, 602–610.
Conover, P. J., Searing, D. D., & Crewe, I. M. (2002). The deliberative potential of political discussion. British Journal of Political Science, 32, 21–62.
Druskat, V., & Pescosolido, A. (2002). The content of effective teamwork mental models in self-managing teams: Ownership, learning and heedful interrelating. Human Relations, 55(3), 283–314.
Dryzek, J. (2000). Deliberative democracy and beyond: Liberals, critics, contestations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Fishkin, J. S. (1993). Democracy and deliberation: New directions for democratic reform. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Goodin, R., & Niemeyer, S. (2003). When does deliberation begin? Internal reflection versus public discussion in deliberative democracy. Political Studies, 51, 627–649.
Graham, J., Amos, B., & Plumptre, T. (2003). Principles for good governance in the 21st century. Ottawa, ON: Institute on Governance.
Habermas, J. (1981). The theory of communicative action. London: Beacon.
Hartmann, T. (2004). What would Jefferson do? A return to democracy. New York: Harmony.
Herman, E. S., & Chomsky, N. (1988). Manufacturing consent: The political economy of the mass media. New York: Pantheon.
Kemmis, D. (1990). Community and the politics of place. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
King, C. S., Feltey, K. M., & Susel, B. O. (1998). The question of participation: Toward authentic public participation in public administration. Public Administration Review, 58(4), 317–326.
Lachapelle, P. R. (2008). A sense of ownership in community development: Understanding the potential for participation in community planning efforts. Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society., 39(2), 52–59.
Ostrom, E. (1990). Governing the commons: The evolution of institutions for collective action. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Ostrom, V. (1997). The meaning of democracy and the vulnerability of democracies: A response to Tocqueville’s challenge. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Pierce, J. L., Kostova, T., & Dirks, K. T. (2003). The state of psychological ownership: Integrating and extending a century of research. Review of General Psychology, 7, 84–107.
Poisner, J. (1996). A civic republican perspective on the National Environmental Policy Act’s process for citizen participation. Environmental Law, 26, 53–94.
Putnam, R. D. (1995). Bowling alone: America's declining social capital. Journal of Democracy, 6, 65–78.
Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Seligman, A. B. (1992). The idea of civil society. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Williams, B. A., & Matheny, A. R. (1995). Democracy, dialogue, and environmental disputes: The contested languages of social regulation. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this entry
Cite this entry
Lachapelle, P.R., Austin, E.K. (2014). Community Participation. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_471
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_471
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-007-0752-8
Online ISBN: 978-94-007-0753-5
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law