Open AccessExpectation of empowerment as a determinant of citizen participation in waste management planning 1,2
Author(s) -
MAEDA HIROE,
HIROSE YUKIO
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2009.00385.x
Subject(s) - empowerment , government (linguistics) , solidarity , plan (archaeology) , community participation , public participation , public relations , business , psychology , public administration , political science , socioeconomics , sociology , economic growth , economics , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , politics , law
The study investigated the determinants of citizen participation in the development of a waste management plan. It was hypothesized that people would decide whether or not to participate in the planning based on the expectation of empowerment to be gained by their participation, not on the general evaluation of citizen participation. Four hundred and twenty‐four volunteers responded to a self‐report mailed survey conducted in August 2001 in Nisshin City. Nisshin City was selected as a city where the municipal government was starting to develop a basic plan for waste reduction and recycling. Major findings from the survey were: (a) the direct social benefits (i.e., making a better plan by citizen participation) were the main determinant of the general evaluation of citizen participation; and (b) expectation of personal empowerment (i.e., sense of self‐efficacy and solidarity) was the main determinant of behavioral intention to citizen participation.