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date: 16 February 2025

citizen participation 

Source:
A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care
Author(s):

John Harris,

Vicky White

Processes through which individuals contribute to decision-making about issues that affect them and/or their *communities as a way of making government more responsive to their wishes. Usually associated with the local government level but there are examples of central government initiatives of this kind, such as ... ...

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