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PAGE 1 Roger Hart?s Ladder of Participation Roger Hart (1992) proposed the first comprehensive definition of the concept of participation, based on his experiences in environmental studies. He described participation as the process of sharing decisions that affect one life and the life of the community in which one lives. It is the means by which democracy is built and it is a standard against which democracies should be measured. According to Hart, participation is the fundamental right of citizenship. The key element of Hart?s definition is decision-making