Participatory Governance:a Case Based On Brooklyn,New York City

In many representative concepts of governance, Governance Participatory hig hlights an important interior condition for the governance particularly, that is politic al participation. From "Governance" to "participatory governance", this evolution re fleets the huge difference between the traditional sense of "rule", the first point is that the resource of the power is more decentralized from a single government t o individuals and social groups;secondly, Citizens can actually participate in pub licpolicy formulation and implementation process, policy input and output is more democratic and diverse; finally, the practical guiding of the government is prior t othe primary needs of citizens. If the essence of governance is the public goods can be allocated more preferably,in order to meet the needs of different groups in society,to stabilize the political order, this precondition must be the interest ex pression of citizens, that is, citizens’political participation. After meeting this con dition, reasonableness of benefits distribution is to be possible.However, this concept of Participatory Governance gives rise to more problems, including the main body of participation; the mechanisms of participation; the procedures of participation and the effectiveness of participation. These problems reflect the internal logic of participatory governance concept, to understand the profound interpretation of Participatory Governance, we must answer these questions. The theory is always the interpretation and reflection of reality, therefore, it is necessary to examine actual case. Based on Brooklyn, New York City, USA as a case, through the review of the literature, the local site information and official information, the paper investigated the ways of different subjects in the public participation in the affairs of governance, depth, and government responsiveness, In order to sort out the internal logic of participatory governance, and confirmed its range.Through case studies, the paper concluded that the Administrative Region under the U.S. metropolitan governance model is a concentrated expression of the characteristics of the concept of participatory governance and internal mechanisms, first of all. multi-center participation in the main build a cooperation based on common interests involved in the network, the Government, Board of Directors on behalf of the community, neighborhood organizations and nonprofit organizations in the cooperative network play different roles, while participation in the main body of the common governance of public affairs through cooperation, consultation, etc.; Second, citizen participation in public policy is a multiple level, from the impact of policies, policy-making to participate directly in the service, reflecting the depth of participation. Finally, by the conclusion of departure, the paper made the revelation...