Citizen Participation, Democratic Representation, and Survey Research

Jackson, John S.; Shade, William L.

doi:10.1177/107808747300900103

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“…The extant literature clearly establishes that community leaders are not members of the same sociodemographic groups as community residents. Rather, leaders tend to be older and better educated, to have higher incomes, and to be male (Allen and Gibson 1987;Jackson and Shade 1973;Molnar and Smith 1982;Nix et al 1974).…”

Section: Toward An Understanding Of Leader and Resident Differences Imentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Clearly, leaders and residents have very different attitudes and perceptions. For example, marked differences have been found between community leaders and residents in analyses of community service satisfaction (Molnar and Smith 1982;Nix et al 1974), of service spending decisions (Molnar and Smith 1982), of quality of life perceptions (Allen and Gibson 1987), and of the importance of community projects and policy issues (Jackson and Shade 1973). Allen and Gibson (1987) for example, found that some differences in perceptions occurred because residents were more concerned about issues that directly impacted the quality of their lives, while leaders were more concerned with broader "community involvement opportunities."…”

Section: Toward An Understanding Of Leader and Resident Differences Imentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given this complexity, we propose a middle range theory which suggests that differences will exist in leader and resident perceptions and that these differences will be rooted in the socially defined roles of community leaders as coordinators, negotiators, and promoters of economic development (Hustedde 1991;Israel and Beaulieu 1990;Walzer and Gruidl 1991), in leaders' lack of representativeness of other residents due to sociodemographic differences (Allen and Gibson 1987;Jackson and Shade 1973;Molnar and Smith 1982;Nix et al 1974) and in leaders' personal economic embeddedness in the community economic structure (Bailey et al 1992;Israel and Beaulieu 1990). In addition, leaders' perceptions and actions are expected to differ from those of residents because, as leaders, their roles require a coordinative orientation (Nix and Seerley 1973) and are largely centered on ensuring the economic health of the community (Walzer and Gruidl 1991).…”

Section: Toward An Understanding Of Leader and Resident Differences Imentioning

confidence: 99%

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Support for Waste Facility Siting: Differences between Community Leaders and Residents

et al. 1998

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Decisions regarding hazardous waste facility siting are now open to extensive public debate. Efforts on the part of public officials and private companies to site waste management facilities have been thwarted by public opposition. Using survey data from leaders and residents in communities which are hosting or siting facilities, this study examines their sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, levels of trust, perceptions of risk, perceptions of economic impacts, perceptions of equity issues and the differential effects of these factors on acceptance of local waste facility siting. Leaders in these communities were more supportive of local waste facility siting than were other community residents. The major determinant of leaders' acceptance of waste siting was their perceptions of the economic benefits of a facility to the community. Although this was also important to residents, perceptions of health, safety, and environmental contamination risks had larger effects on their acceptance of such facilities. I Communications should be sent to: Sherrill Spies, Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2125.

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Section: Toward An Understanding Of Leader and Resident Differences Imentioning

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Section: Toward An Understanding Of Leader and Resident Differences Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Toward An Understanding Of Leader and Resident Differences Imentioning

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“…In fact, the limited interest in active political participation is likely to bias participatory strategies in favor of upper-middleclass professionals. See, for example, Jackson and Shade (1973). Chevalier (1968) has developed a similar theory of "interestbased planning."…”

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Postindustrial Planning: A Review Forward

Kalba¹

1974

Journal of the American Institute of Planners

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“…Leaders tend to be older males with more education and higher incomes (Allen and Gibson 1987; J. Jackson and Shade 1973;Molnar and Smith 1982;Spies et al 1998). Accordingly, researchers suggest that many leaders come from backgrounds that may lead them to hold different perceptions than those held by other community residents.…”

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Differences in Public Perceptions and Leaders’ Perceptions on Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Development

Crowe

Silva

Ceresola

et al. 2015

Sociological Perspectives

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New technologies and rising energy prices have resulted in many energy companies investing significant amounts of capital in rural America. Much of the recent focus of energy companies has been on the development of shale oil and natural gas. We examine the differences in levels of support and opposition to shale oil and gas development, building on the literatures of the growth-machine coalition, polluter-industrial complex, and environmental justice. Specifically, we examine different frames of shale development held by government leaders and the public who reside above the New Albany shale play in Southern Illinois and Northwest Kentucky. Using a combination of interview, survey, and participant observation data, we find that government officials emphasize economic growth and many support shale development. While most government leaders claimed that there was not a major division in their communities about shale development, we found the public to be split, with a large countercoalition to shale development in existence.

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Citizen Participation, Democratic Representation, and Survey Research

Cited by 28 publications

References 7 publications

Support for Waste Facility Siting: Differences between Community Leaders and Residents

Support for Waste Facility Siting: Differences between Community Leaders and Residents

Postindustrial Planning: A Review Forward

Differences in Public Perceptions and Leaders’ Perceptions on Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Development

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