Citizen Participation in Public Administration: Views from Lebanon

Khaldoun AbouAssi, Tina Nabatchi and Randa Antoun

International Journal of Public Administration, 2013, vol. 36, issue 14, 1029-1043

Abstract: This article examines citizen participation in Lebanon. Specifically, we apply the International Association for Public Participation Spectrum of Public Participation (2007) and use survey, interview, and archival data to understand how and why Lebanese government agencies use citizen participation. In addition to reviewing survey data, we present short cases about citizen participation in the three Lebanese agencies. Our findings indicate that the majority of public agencies in Lebanon use basic forms of citizen participation that span the inform-consult categories on the IAP2 spectrum. The article concludes with a discussion about the challenges of and prospects for citizen participation in the Lebanese public sector.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2013.809585

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