public participation
Community members contributing
Public participation is the involvement of ordinary citizens in decisions that affect them, especially in government planning, policy-making, or community projects.
It ranges from attending town halls to commenting on proposed regulations to serving on advisory boards.
The term implies meaningful input rather than mere notification: The city held public participation sessions before approving the zoning changes.
Also called civic engagement or community involvement.
- petitionsFormal requests for action
- votingFormally registering a choice
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- activismDirect effort for reform
- voicesSounds producing speech
sign the petition · raise your voice · community organizing · civic education · transparency · accountability · direct democracy · show of hands · volunteerism · advocacy campaigns · protests · neighborhood associations · empowerment · human rights · town hall meetings · open mic · lobbying · conservation efforts
- civic dutiestaxes, jury duty, paying taxes, voting, tax payment
- civic lifevoting, civic engagement, civic responsibility, civic education, civic leader
- civic engagementcivic engagement, civic responsibility, civic activism, civic values, civic virtue
- political reformpolitical reform, electoral reform, campaign finance, term limits, redistricting
- Kenyan PoliticsNational Assembly, judiciary, executive, legislature, governors
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
public participationexclusion
Being barred from participation
secrecy · behind closed doors · gatekeeping · opacity · smoke-filled room
public participationnon-participation
Choosing to stay uninvolved
political apathy · nonparticipation · disenfranchisement · abstention · voter apathy
public participationgovernment secrecy
Official information suppression
opacity · behind closed doors · non-disclosure · information blackout · state secrets
public, republic, anticipate, anticipation, participant, participate, participation, republics, participating