Zuurman, Stephanie (2022) The Influence of Public Participation on Project Acceptability and the Willingness to Participate in the Decision-Making Process. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In order to keep the planet in an inhabitable state, humans need to change their behaviour. A behavioural change with high mitigation potential is a dietary shift. However, when policies are enforced without involving the public, there is little public support for the policy. It is known that public participation can influence project acceptability. However, the role values and interest in politics can play in project acceptability and the willingness to participate in the decision-making process on the sustainable policy has not yet been explored. In this study, we looked at the relationship between values in public participation and project acceptability, with the expectation that project acceptability will be higher when more different values are discussed during in the public participation process. Additionally, we looked at the relationship between political interest and willingness to participate. The expectation is that there is a positive relationship between the two variables, regardless of the values in the public participation process. We designed a between-subjects online experimental questionnaire study (N = 108), in which public participation was manipulated with a scenario describing different consequences of the carbon tax on food policy expressed in different values. Results of the study show that there were no differences in project acceptability between different values, and that a higher level of political interest is related to a higher willingness to participate, regardless of values. We conclude that it would be useful to keep interest in politics in mind when inviting the public to engage in the decision-making process. Keywords: values, public participation, project acceptability, political interest, sustainable policy
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Perlaviciute, G. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2022 11:40 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2022 11:40 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/34 |
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