Are topic-specific measures of socio-political control justified? Exploring the realm of citizen participation in natural resource decision making

This study extends the socio-political control scales developed by Zimmerman and Zahniser (1991) to the context of citizen participation in natural resource agency decision making. The study shows that a natural resource-specific scale is more appropriate for behaviors related to participation in natural resource decision making. These results confirm the usefulness of topic-specific measures of socio-political control. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.