Richard C. Box的「公民治理型模」冒在描述公民、民選代表，與公共服務實務者轉變中的角色，在批判傳統行政運作模式之餘，亦規範未來地方治理應有的走向。某種角度而言，此與「新公共行政」抑或是「新公共管理」觀點多所呼應。惟經由對「傳統型模」、「管理主義」，與「公民治理」制度理念，所進行的系統性析評，凸顯出現實世界的社群治理制度，鮮有純粹治理型態，而必須視治理系絡差異，作出相應的調整。此不僅補強「公民治理」論點(述)上的不足，更可作為其「社群政策取向」與治理結構配套調整之參考架構。

In Richard C. Box's Citizen Governance Model, it has articulated a changing role of citizen, representatives, and administrators in public affairs, and proposed a vision of local governance in the future by criticizing the traditional administrative model. Such a model has also been attacked by the NPA and NPM in recent years, especially in terms of administrative reform, although both of them have major difference in their approach. We have already known much about the idea of citizen engagement, no matter whether they are attached to the same theoretical background. However, for the sake of going into detail with regard to the different governance structures, we would pay attention to the preliminary meta-analysis and then conclude what an ideal governance structure has, if possible, to adjust continuously to its institutional context.