University of Southern California

Christopher Weare

Research Associate Professor

Von Kleinsmid Center 371
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
Email: weare@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-4690
Fax: (213) 740-0373
Ph. D. in Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley

Expertise
Public policy, civic engagement, municipal governance

Biographical Sketch
Chris Weare, Ph.D., is deputy director of the Civic Engagement Initiative and Research Associate Professor within the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development. He is also a principal investigator with the Neighborhood Participation Project. With Juliet Musso, he heads the Neighborhood Council Evaluation Project, which examines the implementation of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council system over a period of seven years. Dr. Weare employs social network analysis to examine how voluntary associations join communities together and connect them to organs of governance. He also studies the development and impacts of e-government. Before joining SPPD, he was a research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. Dr. Weare holds a Ph.D. in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

Publications
Weare, C. and K. Jun, The Adoption of Municpal Websites; on Efficiency, Power, and Legitimacy; 2008

Weare, C., with J. Musso, N. Oztas and B. Loges, "Neighborhood Governance Reform and Networks of Community Power in Los Angeles"; American Review of Public Administration; 2006

Weare, C. and J. Musso, J., "Implementing Electronic Notification in Los Angeles: Citizen Participation Politics by Other Means"; International Journal of Public Administration, 28(7-8), 599-620; 2005

Weare, C. and J. Musso, Communications technology and urban governance reform: project highlights; ; 2005

Weare, C., with Musso, J. and W. Stanley, "Participation, Deliberative Democracy, and the Internet: Lessons from a National Forum on Commercial Vehicle Safety"; Peter Shane (Ed.), Democracy Online: The Prospects for Democratic Renewal through the Internet.; 2004

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