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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/43987

The role of citizen participation in a consensus achieving process in developing environmental policy : The case study of Chitose Drainage Canal Plan

日本語

環境政策

2003-08

日本社会心理学会

社会心理学研究

19(1)

18-29

The role of citizens in developing environmental policy in the case of the Chitose Drainage Canal Plan was studied through a survey in Sapporo, Japan. An attempt was made to determine why many people demand citizen participation in social decision making, even though they have no direct involvement with the issue. The results showed that citizens were considered a neutral agent, while the Hokkaido government, which behaved as mediator, was not considered neutral. Citizens might be expected to monitor the fairness of the decision process from the point of view of a "third party." The role of experts, who were evaluated to be specialized and fair, was also discussed.

学術雑誌論文

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0916-1503

AN10049127