DRAFT 3-Jan-03 1 MAKING LOCAL DEMOCRACY WORK: NEIGHBORHOOD-ORIENTED REFORM IN LOS ANGELES AND THE DUTCH RANDSTAD Frank Hendriks & Juliet Musso - Introduction - I) Neighborhood-governance reform in LA and the Randstad o Los Angeles and the Randstad in Perspective o Neighborhood-Oriented Reform in the Randstad o The Neighborhood-Council Movement in Los Angeles - II) Change agents in Los Angeles and the Randstad o Comparing Change Agents o Citizen Governance? - III) Models of democracy and institutional reform o Democratic Languages o Democratic Accents - Concluding remarks Abstract This comparative study focuses on citizen participation in the design of participatory mechanisms within two regions, Los Angeles, California and Randstad, Netherlands. Each region is currently experimenting with institutional change to improve citizen