<![CDATA[Waste management is an increasingly complex public issue with population growth, urbanization, and changes in consumption patterns. These problems are not only related to technical aspects of the environment, but also require community participation and collaborative governance. This study aims to map the development of research on community participation in waste management and identify the development of themes, state contributions, and the relationship between the concept of participation and governance in the perspective of public administration. The research uses a descriptive qualitative approach with a bibliometric analysis method. Data were obtained from the Scopus database through a combination of keywords related to public participation, community engagement, waste management, governance, and public administration. The data was analyzed descriptively and interpretively with the help of VOSviewer to map the relationship between keywords and the development of the research theme. The results of the study show that there were 708 documents in the period 1987-2026, with a significant increase in publications, especially after 2020 and achieving the highest growth in 2023-2026. The field of Environmental Science (25.6%) and Social Sciences (24.7%) are the most dominant fields. China, India, Indonesia, the United States, and the United Kingdom are among the countries with the main contributions. The development of the study shows a shift from focusing on public behavior and acceptance towards community engagement, governance, collaborative governance, and co-production. Thus, community participation needs to be understood as substantive involvement in planning, decision-making, implementation, and supervision of waste management to realize collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable governance.]]>
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