The Public and Decision-making Process: Who and Why Needs Citizen Participation?
The participation of the public in the decision-making and policy discussion is expected to allow the officials to re-valuate the proposed decisions, save money on their implementation and restore public trust in government. However, from the point of view of bureaucrats, direct participation is often unproductive: you are required to spend work time and energy on discussions with non-experts and have no means to predict the effectiveness and efficiency of these debates. The article considers theories and empirical studies that can explain a new fashion trend of openness and transparency in world’s public policy and problems with its implementation. The article also evaluates the applicability of republican tradition to modern policy-making and analyzes alternative mode of public involvement. <p><p>JEL: H10, H11, Z18, N42.
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2014
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Authors: | O. Bychkova. |
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VOPROSY ECONOMIKI. - N.P. Redaktsiya zhurnala "Voprosy Economiki". - Vol. 6.2014
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N.P. Redaktsiya zhurnala "Voprosy Economiki" |
Subject: | public policy | rule-making | open government | transparency | public participation |
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