Author Question: A community group discusses all decisions fully, allowing all members a chance to participate, ... (Read 109 times)

Lobcity · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A community group discusses all decisions fully, allowing all members a chance to participate, although this takes longer and sometimes means a decision must be delayed. The group is committed to doing this whether or not it leads to better decisions. This represents the use of citizen participation as:

a. a means of gaining more power.
b. an end in itself, or a basic value of democracy.
c. a technique for streamlining decisions.
d. both a and c

Question 2

Having members of a group discuss and vote on all decisions, because this increases their commitment to carrying out those decisions, is based on thinking of citizen participation as:

a. a means of better group functioning.
b. an end in itself.
c. an essential value for a democratic group.
d. both b and c