<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Evaluating Citizen Participation Procedures and Outcomes: Evidence from 4 cases of participation in the Municipality of Groningen, The Netherlands."^^ . "Citizen participation is an instrument for government actors to involve citizens in decision-making \r\nprocesses. Government actors shape this involvement by selecting and implementing participation \r\nprocedures. Certain elements of a participation procedure can influence its degree of effectiveness. These \r\nelements include; representativeness of the sample of participants, independence of participants, earliness \r\nof involvement of participants, influence of participants, transparency of the process, the accessibility of \r\nresources to the participants, clarity of the task definition, degree of structure in decision-making, and \r\ncost-effectiveness. These procedures shape the following participation outcome categories; construction \r\nof citizenship, the practice of participation, responsiveness and accountability of states, and inclusive and \r\ncohesive societies. To be able to predict and control participation outcomes increasingly, it is imperative \r\nto structurally evaluate citizen participation processes. Despite sporadic efforts, structured evaluations \r\nhave stagnated in academic research over the last two decades (Falanga & Ferrão, 2021). The scarcity of \r\ncomprehensive participation evaluations in Groningen indicates the necessity for structured assessments. \r\nThis research addresses this gap by undertaking a structural evaluation of four participation procedures, \r\naligning with the evaluative frameworks proposed by Rowe & Frewer (2000) and Gaventa & Barrett (2012). \r\nData for this evaluation is gathered through interviews with participation procedure managers and the \r\nanalysis of participation policy documents. The findings indicate that the municipality of Groningen employs \r\nparticipation procedures yielding negative outcomes. Moreover, the data suggests that the lack of clear \r\nguidelines and instruments for systematically assessing inconsistencies in participation procedures could \r\ncontribute to this situation. Hence, this study recommends further investigation into the potential impact of \r\nrevising participation guidelines within the Municipality of Groningen for future research endeavors."^^ . "2024" . . . . . . . "Casper"^^ . "Klooster"^^ . "Casper Klooster"^^ . . . . . . "Evaluating Citizen Participation Procedures and Outcomes: Evidence from 4 cases of participation in the Municipality of Groningen, The Netherlands. (Text)"^^ . . . "Bachelor-Project-Thesis---Casper-Klooster-s4349466.pdf"^^ . . . "Evaluating Citizen Participation Procedures and Outcomes: Evidence from 4 cases of participation in the Municipality of Groningen, The Netherlands. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Evaluating Citizen Participation Procedures and Outcomes: Evidence from 4 cases of participation in the Municipality of Groningen, The Netherlands. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Evaluating Citizen Participation Procedures and Outcomes: Evidence from 4 cases of participation in the Municipality of Groningen, The Netherlands. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Evaluating Citizen Participation Procedures and Outcomes: Evidence from 4 cases of participation in the Municipality of Groningen, The Netherlands. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Evaluating Citizen Participation Procedures and Outcomes: Evidence from 4 cases of participation in the Municipality of Groningen, The Netherlands. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #4795 \n\nEvaluating Citizen Participation Procedures and Outcomes: Evidence from 4 cases of participation in the Municipality of Groningen, The Netherlands.\n\n" . "text/html" . .