Participatory-deliberative processes and public policy agendas: lessons for policy and practice
Participatory-deliberative processes and public policy agendas: lessons for policy and practice
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参与审议过程和公共政策议程：政策和实践的教训
DOI：
10.1080/25741292.2018.1469242
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
7
通讯作者：
O. Escobar
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作者：
A. Bua;O. Escobar
摘要辩论和审议过程在近几十年来在公共行政中激增。这些措施旨在通过让公民参与决策，提高决策的有效性和民主质量。然而，这些主要是在地方各级治理中运作的，民主理论家和实践者已经形成了扩大这些规模的雄心，以便使更高级别的政府民主化。本文从对一个具有类似雄心的“多层次”进程的研究中汲取了政策教训。《可持续社区法》试图将各种地方组织的公民审议结果纳入联合王国中央政府的政策制定过程。这样做的目的是使中央政府的问题定义和决策过程民主化。本文区分成功和失败的过程设计解释，更根本的障碍，做更广泛的背景因素。因此，它确定了改进设计功能的经验教训，同时认识到往往超出了当地从业人员的机构的限制。研究结果为政策工作者和民主改革者寻求制度化的参与和审议的创新提供了实际的见解。
Abstract Participatory and deliberative processes have proliferated over recent decades in public administration. These seek to increase the effectiveness and democratic quality of policy making by involving citizens in policy. However, these have mainly operated at local levels of governance, and democratic theorists and practitioners have developed an ambition to scale these up in order to democratize higher tiers of government. This paper draws policy lessons from research on a “multi-level” process that held a similar ambition. The Sustainable Communities Act sought to integrate the results of various locally organized citizen deliberations within the policy development processes of central UK government. In doing so, it aimed to democratize central government problem definition and agenda-setting processes. The paper distinguishes between achievements and failures explained by process design, and more fundamental obstacles to do with broader contextual factors. As such, it identifies lessons for the amelioration of design features, while recognizing constraints that are often beyond the agency of local practitioners. The findings offer practical insights for policy workers and democratic reformers seeking to institutionalize participatory and deliberative innovations.