Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation explained
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Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation explained

described a typology of citizen participation arranged as a ladder with increasing degrees of decision-making clout ranging from low to high. The Arnstein rungs ascend from forms of ‘window-dressing participation,’ through cursory information exchange, to the highest levels of partnership in or control of decision-making.”
cracks, by which we navigate