東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

Contaminated communities: Actively ...

Gaines, Lisa J.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

Contaminated communities: Actively involved citizens, technical assistance, and the cleanup process.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Contaminated communities: Actively involved citizens, technical assistance, and the cleanup process./
Author:	Gaines, Lisa J.
Description:	183 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-10, Section: B, page: 5298.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-10B.
Subject:	Environmental Sciences. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3190897
ISBN:	9780542333705

Contaminated communities: Actively involved citizens, technical assistance, and the cleanup process.
Gaines, Lisa J.

Contaminated communities: Actively involved citizens, technical assistance, and the cleanup process. - 183 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-10, Section: B, page: 5298.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oregon State University, 2006.

In what is called participatory democracy scholars and practitioners have been calling for the involvement of citizens in decisions that affect their lives. Citizens who emerge to participate in technically complex, decision-making processes find that their involvement is often minimized, disregarded, or neglected due to barriers such as specialized scientific knowledge, inadequate or inaccurate information, among other factors. Over the last three decades, attention has been given to technical assistance to promote more informed citizen involvement. The goal of this study was to understand the relationship between actively involved citizens and technical assistance in the cleanup process by characterizing the participation of actively involved citizens in the cleanup process, examining the effects of technical assistance, and identifying other involved parties' perspectives about this relationship.

ISBN: 9780542333705Subjects--Topical Terms:

676987
Environmental Sciences.

Contaminated communities: Actively involved citizens, technical assistance, and the cleanup process.
LDR:02850nmm 2200301 4500 001 1827486
005 20070104081145.5
008 130610s2006 eng d
020 $a 9780542333705
035 $a (UnM)AAI3190897
035 $a AAI3190897
040 $a UnM $c UnM
100 1 $a Gaines, Lisa J. $3 1916415
245 1 0 $a Contaminated communities: Actively involved citizens, technical assistance, and the cleanup process.
300 $a 183 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-10, Section: B, page: 5298.
500 $a Adviser: Gordon Matzke.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oregon State University, 2006.
520 $a In what is called participatory democracy scholars and practitioners have been calling for the involvement of citizens in decisions that affect their lives. Citizens who emerge to participate in technically complex, decision-making processes find that their involvement is often minimized, disregarded, or neglected due to barriers such as specialized scientific knowledge, inadequate or inaccurate information, among other factors. Over the last three decades, attention has been given to technical assistance to promote more informed citizen involvement. The goal of this study was to understand the relationship between actively involved citizens and technical assistance in the cleanup process by characterizing the participation of actively involved citizens in the cleanup process, examining the effects of technical assistance, and identifying other involved parties' perspectives about this relationship.
520 $a Twenty-one interviews were conducted with primary contacts (citizens, government staff, the primary responsible parties, and technical assistants) of the western region EPA-sponsored Technical Outreach Services for Communities Program, technical assistance services offered free of charge to disadvantaged communities.
520 $a Four key findings resulted from this study, namely: the participation of citizens in the cleanup process is dynamic; technical assistance does not necessarily lead to citizen's ability to influence decisions; technical assistance's effects on citizens' capacity-building resources are progressive and cyclical; and technical assistants take on multiple roles. The study concludes that though technical assistance operates within a system of relationships, it can extend citizen's capacity to participate in technically complex decision-making processes in terms of facilitating communication, cooperation, knowledge, and relations between citizens and other involved parties.
590 $a School code: 0172.
650 4 $a Environmental Sciences. $3 676987
650 4 $a Sociology, General. $3 1017541
690 $a 0768
690 $a 0626
710 2 0 $a Oregon State University. $3 625720
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 66-10B.
790 1 0 $a Matzke, Gordon, $e advisor
790 $a 0172
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2006
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3190897