Because recent conflicts over U.S. Forest Service decisions may indicate that the public lacks confidence in the agency, this study sought to discover the level of and reasons for confidence in the Forest Service. Results of a nationwide mail survey of participants in Forest Service planning showed that 43% of respondents had a low level of confidence in their local Forest Service office and 55% had a low level of confidence in the agency at the national level. The survey also revealed that participants' judgments of the procedural fairness of the planning process had an important influence on confidence in the agency at both the local and national level. Judgments about the fairness of agency procedures were much more important determinants of confidence than the level of benefits participants received from the forests or their policy preferences, judgments about distributive fairness, socio-demographic characteristics or styles of participation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/291419 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Dixon, Katherine Musser, 1959- |
| Contributors | King, David A. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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