The right kind of participation? The effect of a deliberative mini-public on the perceived legitimacy of public decision-making
@article{Jacobs2021TheRK, title={The right kind of participation? The effect of a deliberative mini-public on the perceived legitimacy of public decision-making}, author={Daan Jacobs and Wesley Kaufmann}, journal={Public Management Review}, year={2021}, volume={23}, pages={91 - 111} }
ABSTRACT Deliberative mini-publics have been put forward as a form of citizen participation that is particularly well suited to improve the legitimacy of public decision-making. Using a survey experiment, we find that the perceived legitimacy of a process that includes a deliberative mini-public is higher than a process in which citizens are not able to participate at all, but no higher than a process that includes a participation method that relies on self-selection. Our findings imply that…
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