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Active Democracy

ACTIVE DEMOCRACY
Engaging Citizens in Local Government

Eight senior managers from UK local authorities undertook a study programme involving visits to eleven cities in the USA during Spring 2000. The key finding, addressed in the reports, is the degree to which citizen involvement gives credence and validity to the local democratic processes in the USA, where the city council ethos was found to be one of listening, response and expectation of enthusiastic citizen engagement.
You can download the full report or a summary by selecting one of the links below. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your PC to read the files, which can be downloaded from Adobe.

 Full Report (898Kb)

 Summary (20Kb)

 

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