Who Engages in the Coproduction of Local Public Services and Why? The Case of Atlanta, Georgia
基于亚特兰大797名社区组织参与者的调查数据，检验了政治参与理论和公民主动接触理论对共同生产参与的解释力，发现两种理论均得到部分支持，但也存在两者无法解释的显著差异。
Abstract With the resurgent interest in coproduction, questions arise around who joins with government in coproducing services and why. This article reports an exploratory study of these questions using data from Atlanta, Georgia. To guide the research, the article first proposes a set of hypotheses on involvement in coproduction based on theories of political participation, where psychological motivations and social factors dominate, and citizen‐initiated contacting, where perceived needs for public services are usually primary. The hypotheses are tested using survey data on the engagement of 797 neighborhood organization participants in various forms of local coproduction in Atlanta. The findings provide some support for both theories along with evidence for significant idiosyncratic variations suggested by neither theory. A concluding section considers implications of the findings for future research and for public management .