Community consultation and the hard to reach. Local government, social profiling and civic infrastructure

这项研究提供了对不参与地方政府协商的原因的概念性见解，借鉴了关键的政策分析和关于治理和民主能力的辩论。通过7个地方议会和VLGA的合作，制定了一个可转移的、总体上可行的框架，将：(I)复杂的人口概况；(Ii)不同类型的通信媒体(面对面、电话/邮件调查、电子邮件/互联网)；(Iii)希望咨询居民的问题；以及(Iv)对市政基础设施的影响。成果将通过协商进程为政策执行提供一个创新的、实际适用的框架，从而使议会和维多利亚州公民受益。

This study offers conceptual insights into reasons for non-participation in local government consultation, drawing on critical policy analysis and debates on governance and democratic capacity. The collaboration of 7 local councils and the VLGA enable the development of a transferable, generally viable framework linking: (i) sophisticated demographic profiles (ii) types of communication media on a continuum of intensity (face to face, telephone/mail survey, email/Internet); (iii) issues on which residents wish to be consulted; and (iv) implications for civic infrastructure. Outcomes will benefit councils and Victorian citizens by providing an innovative, practically applicable framework for policy implementation using consultative processes.