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Priming citizens to think about public participation initiatives: Does it impact their view of government? by Mette Kjærgaard Thomsen; Niels Opstrup is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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Prior research has shown that public participation initiatives may have positive effects on how participating citizens view government. However, little is known about whether and how priming citizens to think about such initiatives influences the view of government among the larger public. Using a survey experiment, we find that the effect of priming citizens to think of a public participation initiative that includes a small group of citizens on their view of government is conditional on how proximate the service, which the initiative resolves around, is to citizens. Notably, across outcome measures we a find a negative priming effect among those for which the service is not proximate. These results are highly important, as they suggest that among the larger public, public participation initiatives-that involve few citizens-may have mixed results on the view of government, thus questioning the legitimacy of decisions reached by such initiatives.

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Author

Mette Kjærgaard Thomsen; Niels Opstrup

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences