Citizen participation in governance

The existence of an effective means of citizen participation within public service decision-making forums will be one of the biggest challenges for public mangers in. 2010. The establishment of systems which bring citizen representatives into the polity can provide unique opportunities for citizen inputs-one such system is the school government body, made up of citizen, professional and political representatives. This a article reports on an investigation into citizen participation within the governance of schools. It finds that while governing bodies provide the opportunity for citizen participation, citizens are not actively involved in school governance. A number of measures are recommended which may assist in enhancing the citizen governance role.