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100			_aYoung, Sarah L. and Tanner, James _948211
245			_aCitizen participation matters. bureaucratic discretion matters more
260			_aPublic Administration: An International Quarterly
300			_a101(3), Sep, 2023: p.747-771
520			_aNew Public Governance theory increases citizen participation and expands bureaucrats' roles in the work of government. Citizen participation creates new mechanisms for citizens to influence the policy process. Bureaucrats' expanded roles allow for broader bureaucratic discretion over policy implementation. When citizens' and bureaucrats' views on public management decisions collide, whose views prevail? Do citizen volunteers or bureaucrats have greater influence over public decisions? We answer this question by studying the U.S. Department of Energy's initiative to engage citizens in environmental clean-up decisions. We assess 10 years of meeting records and administrative decisions using a three-step, mixed-method analysis to identify, weigh, and test the influence of citizen participation and bureaucratic discretion. The results indicate that while citizen participation matters, bureaucratic discretion has a more significant influence over administrative decision-making. The findings expose holes in New Public Governance theory, which has implications for democracy and demands deeper thought into structuring citizen participation.- Reproduced https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padm.12867
650			_aNew Public Governance, Citizen participation , Public Governance _948212
773			_aPublic Administration: An International Quarterly
906			_aPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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