We, the Community: A Study of Participation, Community and Public Policy
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2013-08
Authors
Donahue, Patricia Farrell
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Recent research suggests waning participation in community-based organizations by Americans can lead to changes in related public policies and policy implementation. This study examines participation relative to variances in settings, and individuals and to policy outcomes. Based on a proposed a participation-community theory and assertions that community is an outcome of accumulated group participation and rules that define
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Public policy, Sociology, History, Community association, Fairfax County, Virginia, Participation theory, Pimmit Hills, Virginia, Structuration theory, Tysons Corner, Virginia