Arnstein’s Ladder of Participation was published in 1969, and sought to summarize the context of American public planning at the time (Bishop and Davis, 2002). Public participation and power sharing during this time consisted of an “us and them” approach (ref). At the centre of this philosophy, the ideals of democracy were broken.
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A LADDER OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. Sherry R. Arnstein United States-has or can have. Between understated. the headline reading public, it is simply bewildering. My answer to the critical whaJ question is simply that citizen participation is a. categorical term for citizen power. It is the redistribution of power that enables the.
For years now Arnstein’s ladder (1969) has informed the practice of participation, and has been a key document in this area. Arnsteins ladder consists of 8 rungs arranged in a ladder pattern with each rung corresponding to the extent of citizens’ power in determining the end product; therefore, it focuses on the redistribution of power in citizen participation in a hierarchal society.
Figure 2.1 Eight levels of young people’s participation in projects (the ladder metaphor is borrowed from the well-known essay on adult participation by Arnstein (1969), the categories are new) (Hart 1992:8.) used the ladder metaphor for her own writing on participatory planning with adults.
Arnstein explains that this ladder offers space ranging from the most paternalistic forms of participation to the most participatory. In the paper, she illustrates each rung on the ladder with a concrete example from a U.S. government program at the time of publication.
Addressing this situation, Arnstein creates a 'ladder' that explains the degrees of citizen participation, of which there are eight rungs. Manipulation, the first rung of the ladder, is the situation that often arises where Citizen Advisory Committees -- or groups similar -- are formed in response to a political request.
The article critically examines the framing process in Kenya’s famous Kamiriithu theatre experience through the hermeneutic lens of communicative action with the purpose of investigating the ingredients essential for citizen empowerment in theatre.