Citizen Participation in the Age of Contracting - 9781138505391

Taylor & Francis

Citizen Participation in the Age of ContractingWhen Service Delivery Trumps Democracy\nAuthor(s): Anna A. Amirkhanyan, Kristina T. Lambright\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138505391, 978-1138505391\nSynopsis\nCitizen Participation in the Age of Contracting is based on a simple premise: in democracies, power originates with citizens. While citizen participation in government remains a central tenet of democracy, public service delivery structures are considerably more complex today than they were fifty years ago. \n\nToday, governments contract with private organizations to deliver a wide array of services. Yet, we know very little about how citizens influence government decisions and policies in the \""hollow state.\"" Based on nearly 100 interviews with public and private managers, our findings about the state of citizen participation in contract governance are somewhat disheartening. Public and private organiza.