URST 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: The Affluent Society, Advise, Tokenism
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"a ladder of citizen participation" (by sherry arnstein): Therapy is used to preach others of their personal shortcomings whilst so-called decision making power is given to them. I. e. trying to persuade neighborhoods that they are not worthy enough and in need of re-development in order for the plan to go through. Legitimate forms of participation (but at lower levels) --> informing and. Informing is when you inform citizens of their rights. Consultation is when you get citizen opinions (e. g. through surveys) Higher up the participation ladder --> placation: when governments gives in to a few of citizen demands. The top of the participation ladder --> partnership + delegated power + Citizen control is when citizens control local programs, leading to the right to the city (e. g. local neighborhood groups) However, a lot of cities have citizens which shy away from citizen control (due to overreaching regimes)
