Alice Donald
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780197265376
- eISBN:
- 9780191760426
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197265376.003.0012
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration
The right to participate in choosing or changing a constitution is becoming established in law and theory. The means of realising that right in the formation of Bills of Rights, and the consequences ...
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The right to participate in choosing or changing a constitution is becoming established in law and theory. The means of realising that right in the formation of Bills of Rights, and the consequences for democratic legitimacy, are matters of debate and experimentation. This chapter explores the processes used to develop Bills of Rights (or proposed Bills) in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and analyses key aspects of the design of those processes. It examines the context for creating a new UK Bill of Rights, including the work of the Commission on a Bill of Rights established in 2011. It reflects on the challenges facing the Commission in the light of experience overseas. It concludes that, on present evidence, the Commission is highly unlikely to achieve an outcome which might enjoy democratic legitimacy, in the sense of having been subject to inclusive and informed public deliberation.Less
The right to participate in choosing or changing a constitution is becoming established in law and theory. The means of realising that right in the formation of Bills of Rights, and the consequences for democratic legitimacy, are matters of debate and experimentation. This chapter explores the processes used to develop Bills of Rights (or proposed Bills) in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and analyses key aspects of the design of those processes. It examines the context for creating a new UK Bill of Rights, including the work of the Commission on a Bill of Rights established in 2011. It reflects on the challenges facing the Commission in the light of experience overseas. It concludes that, on present evidence, the Commission is highly unlikely to achieve an outcome which might enjoy democratic legitimacy, in the sense of having been subject to inclusive and informed public deliberation.
Julian Rivers
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199226108
- eISBN:
- 9780191594243
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226108.003.0010
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration
The engagement of organized religions in the processing of public information, consultation, and dialogue is an important part of their public presence. This chapter considers first formal ...
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The engagement of organized religions in the processing of public information, consultation, and dialogue is an important part of their public presence. This chapter considers first formal representation in the House of Lords, together with a century of failed attempts to broaden this to other religious representatives. Less well known are recent initiatives to set up national, regional, and local multi-faith forums to consult with government. The regulation of religious broadcasting also shows a shift from a model in which a representative body sought to control their allotted time, to much more diverse provision. This has also been accompanied by institutional change. The contrast between the House of Lords and other forms of access to public discourse shows that strict uniformity of representation is an obstacle to engagement.Less
The engagement of organized religions in the processing of public information, consultation, and dialogue is an important part of their public presence. This chapter considers first formal representation in the House of Lords, together with a century of failed attempts to broaden this to other religious representatives. Less well known are recent initiatives to set up national, regional, and local multi-faith forums to consult with government. The regulation of religious broadcasting also shows a shift from a model in which a representative body sought to control their allotted time, to much more diverse provision. This has also been accompanied by institutional change. The contrast between the House of Lords and other forms of access to public discourse shows that strict uniformity of representation is an obstacle to engagement.
Matt Leighninger
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199899265
- eISBN:
- 9780199980147
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199899265.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory, Democratization
Deliberative civic engagement is a growing phenomenon—but why? Who are the people initiating, leading, supporting, and advocating these projects, and what are their reasons for doing so? Under what ...
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Deliberative civic engagement is a growing phenomenon—but why? Who are the people initiating, leading, supporting, and advocating these projects, and what are their reasons for doing so? Under what circumstances do these processes emerge, and what are the pressures that shape how they are organized and understood? This chapter provides new answers to these questions, explains why the theory and practice of this work have been segregated from one another, and describes how they are beginning to come together.Less
Deliberative civic engagement is a growing phenomenon—but why? Who are the people initiating, leading, supporting, and advocating these projects, and what are their reasons for doing so? Under what circumstances do these processes emerge, and what are the pressures that shape how they are organized and understood? This chapter provides new answers to these questions, explains why the theory and practice of this work have been segregated from one another, and describes how they are beginning to come together.
Cliff Zukin, Scott Keeter, Molly Andolina, Krista Jenkins, and Michael X. Delli Carpini
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195183177
- eISBN:
- 9780199850822
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183177.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter examines the attitudes that underpin the behaviors of the public that are relevant to citizen engagement. Even though there seems to be a clear line of electoral cleavage between the ...
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This chapter examines the attitudes that underpin the behaviors of the public that are relevant to citizen engagement. Even though there seems to be a clear line of electoral cleavage between the oldest and youngest two generations, this shows some important differences between DotNets and GenXers on the one hand and between BabyBoomers and Dutifuls on the other. The chapter begins by presenting new data on the reasons people give for why they do not participate in electoral politics. Then, it looks on how citizens view themselves and the role and responsibilities of citizenship, along with their attitudes about politics, government, and their fellow citizens. The evidence shows there is now a two-generation-wide schism in the realm of electoral participation. The notion of “generational identity” and the views on the obligations of citizenship is explored through a generational prism.Less
This chapter examines the attitudes that underpin the behaviors of the public that are relevant to citizen engagement. Even though there seems to be a clear line of electoral cleavage between the oldest and youngest two generations, this shows some important differences between DotNets and GenXers on the one hand and between BabyBoomers and Dutifuls on the other. The chapter begins by presenting new data on the reasons people give for why they do not participate in electoral politics. Then, it looks on how citizens view themselves and the role and responsibilities of citizenship, along with their attitudes about politics, government, and their fellow citizens. The evidence shows there is now a two-generation-wide schism in the realm of electoral participation. The notion of “generational identity” and the views on the obligations of citizenship is explored through a generational prism.
Christopher M. Kelty
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226666624
- eISBN:
- 9780226666938
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226666938.003.0005
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
This chapter explores participation in public administration, specifically in the “Model Cities” program of Philadelphia in the 1960s. It focuses on the intertwined problems of participation and ...
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This chapter explores participation in public administration, specifically in the “Model Cities” program of Philadelphia in the 1960s. It focuses on the intertwined problems of participation and expertise in the case of the Area Wide Council, a group of black citizens who experienced direct, substantial participation (mandated by law and funded by the government) in the re-design of North Philadelphia—and then had it taken away from them. The chapter traces the grammar of participation and asks: what did participants look like before they became experts in participation? What motivated the transition to a participation dependent on contributory autonomy? It focuses on the effects of creating an experimental supplement to representative democracy, and the double bind that legal requirement created for the AWC participants. This double bind resulted in a critique from within—Sherry Arnstein’s famous "ladder of citizen participation". The last part of the chapter focuses on how this critique formed a nascent expertise in participation relying on “technical assistance” and practical approaches, that would become part of a general toolkit of participatory practices.Less
This chapter explores participation in public administration, specifically in the “Model Cities” program of Philadelphia in the 1960s. It focuses on the intertwined problems of participation and expertise in the case of the Area Wide Council, a group of black citizens who experienced direct, substantial participation (mandated by law and funded by the government) in the re-design of North Philadelphia—and then had it taken away from them. The chapter traces the grammar of participation and asks: what did participants look like before they became experts in participation? What motivated the transition to a participation dependent on contributory autonomy? It focuses on the effects of creating an experimental supplement to representative democracy, and the double bind that legal requirement created for the AWC participants. This double bind resulted in a critique from within—Sherry Arnstein’s famous "ladder of citizen participation". The last part of the chapter focuses on how this critique formed a nascent expertise in participation relying on “technical assistance” and practical approaches, that would become part of a general toolkit of participatory practices.
Katherine E. Smith, Justyna Bandola-Gill, Nasar Meer, Ellen Stewart, and Richard Watermeyer
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781447339854
- eISBN:
- 9781447339908
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447339854.003.0005
- Subject:
- Education, Higher and Further Education
This chapter considers how the concept of ‘research impact’ has been developed and articulated with respect to two, potentially very different audiences: policymakers and the broader public. This ...
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This chapter considers how the concept of ‘research impact’ has been developed and articulated with respect to two, potentially very different audiences: policymakers and the broader public. This chapter includes an analysis of recent REF (Research Excellence Framework) and research funder guidance, statements and opportunities relating to these two groups. This chapter also draws on interview data with a range of research fundersLess
This chapter considers how the concept of ‘research impact’ has been developed and articulated with respect to two, potentially very different audiences: policymakers and the broader public. This chapter includes an analysis of recent REF (Research Excellence Framework) and research funder guidance, statements and opportunities relating to these two groups. This chapter also draws on interview data with a range of research funders
Marina Chang and Gemma Moore
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447330288
- eISBN:
- 9781447330332
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447330288.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Theory
This chapter provides a context for the evolution of the concept of public engagement within the UK higher education sector focusing on a specific initiative: the Beacons for Public Engagement ...
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This chapter provides a context for the evolution of the concept of public engagement within the UK higher education sector focusing on a specific initiative: the Beacons for Public Engagement programme at University College London. Moreover, the chapter exposes the enabling conditions for communities and universities to work together; it recommends the five conditions to generate effective engagement, particularly through nuanced evaluation and support. In this case, evaluation and support can be seen as a pathway — bridging the gaps between theory and reality of engagement, between strategy and practice, and between the communities and academia — to ensure communities and universities to work together to create an impact on the university, research practice, communities, and ultimately, society.Less
This chapter provides a context for the evolution of the concept of public engagement within the UK higher education sector focusing on a specific initiative: the Beacons for Public Engagement programme at University College London. Moreover, the chapter exposes the enabling conditions for communities and universities to work together; it recommends the five conditions to generate effective engagement, particularly through nuanced evaluation and support. In this case, evaluation and support can be seen as a pathway — bridging the gaps between theory and reality of engagement, between strategy and practice, and between the communities and academia — to ensure communities and universities to work together to create an impact on the university, research practice, communities, and ultimately, society.
Matthew S. McCoy, Harald Schmidt, Jennifer Prah Ruger, and Marion Danis
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- December 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190912765
- eISBN:
- 9780190912796
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190912765.003.0016
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Recent years have seen growing enthusiasm for public engagement in priority-setting. But despite this widespread support, there remains uncertainty both about the precise benefits of public ...
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Recent years have seen growing enthusiasm for public engagement in priority-setting. But despite this widespread support, there remains uncertainty both about the precise benefits of public engagement in priority-setting and about how public engagement activities should be structured in order to realize those benefits. The authors aim to move beyond generalizations about the value of public engagement by presenting several distinct rationales for engaging the public in priority-setting. The authors illustrate how these rationales can be achieved in practice using the case study of directly observed therapy for tuberculosis. They then highlight a number of practical challenges involved in implementing engagement activities and offer advice for addressing them. The chapter pays particular attention to challenges that arise in low- and middle-income countries, where efforts to engage the public face unique structural barriers.Less
Recent years have seen growing enthusiasm for public engagement in priority-setting. But despite this widespread support, there remains uncertainty both about the precise benefits of public engagement in priority-setting and about how public engagement activities should be structured in order to realize those benefits. The authors aim to move beyond generalizations about the value of public engagement by presenting several distinct rationales for engaging the public in priority-setting. The authors illustrate how these rationales can be achieved in practice using the case study of directly observed therapy for tuberculosis. They then highlight a number of practical challenges involved in implementing engagement activities and offer advice for addressing them. The chapter pays particular attention to challenges that arise in low- and middle-income countries, where efforts to engage the public face unique structural barriers.
Albert W. Dzur
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199874095
- eISBN:
- 9780199980024
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199874095.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This book concludes by considering Socrates’ critique of the jury in the Apology, which misleadingly contrasts expert justice with democratic injustice. While producing an unjust outcome, Socrates’ ...
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This book concludes by considering Socrates’ critique of the jury in the Apology, which misleadingly contrasts expert justice with democratic injustice. While producing an unjust outcome, Socrates’ trial was nevertheless thoroughly public because of the court’s lay membership: It addressed the people, was transparent, well understood, held the people accountable for justice, and influenced public discourse on punishment for centuries. Though a failure of justice, it was a public failure, a lesson for Athens and the wider world. The enduring need for public engagement in criminal justice explains why the jury form persists, why it is being reintroduced in Japan and elsewhere. The jury brings people together not as an assumed public, a voice of an already existing community, but as a deliberately constructed public; it provides a procedural rather than substantive foundation for the public interests represented in criminal adjudication. Contemporary proponents of Socrates’ expert justice, like Whitman, fail to see the threats this technocratic model poses to the civic capacity of a democracy. Reviving the jury in the fashion suggested in the previous chapter, or developing related institutional forms of load-bearing lay participation, would increase public sobriety about contemporary punishment and broaden responsibility for more humane criminal justice.Less
This book concludes by considering Socrates’ critique of the jury in the Apology, which misleadingly contrasts expert justice with democratic injustice. While producing an unjust outcome, Socrates’ trial was nevertheless thoroughly public because of the court’s lay membership: It addressed the people, was transparent, well understood, held the people accountable for justice, and influenced public discourse on punishment for centuries. Though a failure of justice, it was a public failure, a lesson for Athens and the wider world. The enduring need for public engagement in criminal justice explains why the jury form persists, why it is being reintroduced in Japan and elsewhere. The jury brings people together not as an assumed public, a voice of an already existing community, but as a deliberately constructed public; it provides a procedural rather than substantive foundation for the public interests represented in criminal adjudication. Contemporary proponents of Socrates’ expert justice, like Whitman, fail to see the threats this technocratic model poses to the civic capacity of a democracy. Reviving the jury in the fashion suggested in the previous chapter, or developing related institutional forms of load-bearing lay participation, would increase public sobriety about contemporary punishment and broaden responsibility for more humane criminal justice.
Masaru Yarime
- Published in print:
- 1953
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479889389
- eISBN:
- 9781479830893
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479889389.003.0010
- Subject:
- Sociology, Economic Sociology
Japan caught up with the West by initially importing scientific knowledge, adapting it to local circumstances, learning from trial and error, and then innovating better technologies. With the rise of ...
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Japan caught up with the West by initially importing scientific knowledge, adapting it to local circumstances, learning from trial and error, and then innovating better technologies. With the rise of knowledge-based economies and intensifying global competition, Japan is now struggling to maintain industrial competitiveness, particularly in strategic sectors such as electronics, which are drained of home-based manufacturing technologies because of the transfer overseas of production facilities and research and development activities. As the country’s aging population and declining birthrate could result in a loss of social and economic vitality, institutional reforms are of critical importance in overcoming impediments to innovation. While Japan can be at the forefront of global efforts to cope with pressing societal challenges such as sustainability, Japanese academia is prompted to assimilate more junior people, women, and foreign researchers and Japanese industry to explore business opportunities in emerging markets in the promising fields of energy, environment, and health. The new paradigm will demand effective integration of necessary knowledge, going beyond the conventional model of university-industry collaboration, and public engagement of a diverse array of stakeholders in the coevolution of technology and institutions will be the key.Less
Japan caught up with the West by initially importing scientific knowledge, adapting it to local circumstances, learning from trial and error, and then innovating better technologies. With the rise of knowledge-based economies and intensifying global competition, Japan is now struggling to maintain industrial competitiveness, particularly in strategic sectors such as electronics, which are drained of home-based manufacturing technologies because of the transfer overseas of production facilities and research and development activities. As the country’s aging population and declining birthrate could result in a loss of social and economic vitality, institutional reforms are of critical importance in overcoming impediments to innovation. While Japan can be at the forefront of global efforts to cope with pressing societal challenges such as sustainability, Japanese academia is prompted to assimilate more junior people, women, and foreign researchers and Japanese industry to explore business opportunities in emerging markets in the promising fields of energy, environment, and health. The new paradigm will demand effective integration of necessary knowledge, going beyond the conventional model of university-industry collaboration, and public engagement of a diverse array of stakeholders in the coevolution of technology and institutions will be the key.
Caroline W. Lee
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199987269
- eISBN:
- 9780190218683
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199987269.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change, Science, Technology and Environment
Why has public engagement exploded in popularity over the last two decades? Chapter 2 investigates the history behind popular participatory reforms. It explores the development of the field of ...
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Why has public engagement exploded in popularity over the last two decades? Chapter 2 investigates the history behind popular participatory reforms. It explores the development of the field of professional public engagement and deliberative democracy consultants, and describes the current contours of the field. The successes and struggles behind the growth in top-down orchestration of bottom-up empowerment are shown. This chapter also discusses the mixed record of Obama’s Open Government initiatives.Less
Why has public engagement exploded in popularity over the last two decades? Chapter 2 investigates the history behind popular participatory reforms. It explores the development of the field of professional public engagement and deliberative democracy consultants, and describes the current contours of the field. The successes and struggles behind the growth in top-down orchestration of bottom-up empowerment are shown. This chapter also discusses the mixed record of Obama’s Open Government initiatives.
Stella Maile and David Griffiths (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447306863
- eISBN:
- 9781447311546
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447306863.001.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Social Policy
This original edited collection explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. Its main themes range from the dialogic character of social science to the pragmatic ...
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This original edited collection explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. Its main themes range from the dialogic character of social science to the pragmatic responses to the managerial policies underpinning the restructuring of Higher Education. The book is organised in three parts: the first encourages the reader to reflect upon the different social and political inflections of public engagement and offers one university example of a social science café in Bristol. The following sections are based upon talks given in the café and are linked by a concern with public engagement and the contribution of social science to a reflexive understanding of the dilemmas and practices of daily life. This highly topical book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and students interested in critical social issues as they impact on their everyday lives.Less
This original edited collection explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. Its main themes range from the dialogic character of social science to the pragmatic responses to the managerial policies underpinning the restructuring of Higher Education. The book is organised in three parts: the first encourages the reader to reflect upon the different social and political inflections of public engagement and offers one university example of a social science café in Bristol. The following sections are based upon talks given in the café and are linked by a concern with public engagement and the contribution of social science to a reflexive understanding of the dilemmas and practices of daily life. This highly topical book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and students interested in critical social issues as they impact on their everyday lives.
Richard Gale and Therese O’Toole
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847420305
- eISBN:
- 9781447302285
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847420305.003.0008
- Subject:
- Sociology, Sociology of Religion
This chapter examines a case study of faith activism among young Muslim men in UK. It explores how faith identity frames the public engagement and political activism of the British Muslim youth. The ...
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This chapter examines a case study of faith activism among young Muslim men in UK. It explores how faith identity frames the public engagement and political activism of the British Muslim youth. The case study presented herein arises from a two-year qualitative study of black and minority ethnic young people's political engagement, particularly of a locally-based Muslim ‘justice movement’. In this chapter, the manner with which the faith identity and values influenced the political activism and the different scales to which this is expressed by these young men are explored. Attention is particularly given to the notion of ‘glocalised’ political sensibility which shapes their political concern and the terrains on which they are active. Apart from exploring the intersections between local and global terrains on which they are active, the chapter also reflects on how the identification with umma (the global community of Muslims) forms a significant dimension of young Muslim's renegotiation of their identities in relation to familial and cultural heritage and their localised living experience. This chapter begins with a discussion on the ways in which young British Muslims have featured in the public domain before it discusses the recent research on the forms of political and public engagement in Muslims, specifically on contemporary expressions of global Islam. The chapter ends with a discussion on how young activists relate to the public sphere by focusing on their personal engagement with faith and how this informs their identities and political action.Less
This chapter examines a case study of faith activism among young Muslim men in UK. It explores how faith identity frames the public engagement and political activism of the British Muslim youth. The case study presented herein arises from a two-year qualitative study of black and minority ethnic young people's political engagement, particularly of a locally-based Muslim ‘justice movement’. In this chapter, the manner with which the faith identity and values influenced the political activism and the different scales to which this is expressed by these young men are explored. Attention is particularly given to the notion of ‘glocalised’ political sensibility which shapes their political concern and the terrains on which they are active. Apart from exploring the intersections between local and global terrains on which they are active, the chapter also reflects on how the identification with umma (the global community of Muslims) forms a significant dimension of young Muslim's renegotiation of their identities in relation to familial and cultural heritage and their localised living experience. This chapter begins with a discussion on the ways in which young British Muslims have featured in the public domain before it discusses the recent research on the forms of political and public engagement in Muslims, specifically on contemporary expressions of global Islam. The chapter ends with a discussion on how young activists relate to the public sphere by focusing on their personal engagement with faith and how this informs their identities and political action.
Christopher McKevitt, Nina Fudge, and Clémence Pinel
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780198837206
- eISBN:
- 9780191873966
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198837206.003.0004
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Public Health
Patients and patient organizations, and other members of the public and communities are widely recognized as important stakeholders in processes through which healthcare systems and services are ...
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Patients and patient organizations, and other members of the public and communities are widely recognized as important stakeholders in processes through which healthcare systems and services are designed, delivered, and monitored. Their involvement in these processes is promoted not only as a strategy to enhance the quality of systems and services, but also as an act of democratic participation. Yet putting involvement into practice is not straightforward. This chapter outlines the field of involvement in healthcare, focusing on some of the key areas of debate. These include definitions of involvement, the rationales put forward, involvement as represented in policy, and the methods used. The chapter summarizes some current key debates in relation to questions of who is involved, power, and evidence of effectiveness.Less
Patients and patient organizations, and other members of the public and communities are widely recognized as important stakeholders in processes through which healthcare systems and services are designed, delivered, and monitored. Their involvement in these processes is promoted not only as a strategy to enhance the quality of systems and services, but also as an act of democratic participation. Yet putting involvement into practice is not straightforward. This chapter outlines the field of involvement in healthcare, focusing on some of the key areas of debate. These include definitions of involvement, the rationales put forward, involvement as represented in policy, and the methods used. The chapter summarizes some current key debates in relation to questions of who is involved, power, and evidence of effectiveness.
Stella Maile
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447306863
- eISBN:
- 9781447311546
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447306863.003.0002
- Subject:
- Social Work, Social Policy
This chapter provides a discussion of the location and relative worth of public engagement initiatives in the current political and economic climate which is dominated by neoliberalism and the ...
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This chapter provides a discussion of the location and relative worth of public engagement initiatives in the current political and economic climate which is dominated by neoliberalism and the market. It is suggested that different values and imaginaries are brought to bear on public engagement along with dynamism and creativity of people in dialogue. The chapter focuses on one example of a public engagement initiative, Social Science in the City which is subject to competing discourses and policies on evidence-gathering and impact assessment.Less
This chapter provides a discussion of the location and relative worth of public engagement initiatives in the current political and economic climate which is dominated by neoliberalism and the market. It is suggested that different values and imaginaries are brought to bear on public engagement along with dynamism and creativity of people in dialogue. The chapter focuses on one example of a public engagement initiative, Social Science in the City which is subject to competing discourses and policies on evidence-gathering and impact assessment.
Mei Jen Hung
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781447308300
- eISBN:
- 9781447311522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447308300.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Public engagement in Taiwan has evolved with democratization. Based on William Duhn’s framework, this chapter discusses the contribution of public participation in each policy development stage and ...
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Public engagement in Taiwan has evolved with democratization. Based on William Duhn’s framework, this chapter discusses the contribution of public participation in each policy development stage and illustrates different kinds of contributions using recent experiments of public engagement in the 2000s in Taiwan. Recent experiments, including citizen consensus conference, citizen jury, scenario workshop, deliberative polling and surveys, grant citizens new opportunities to learn about public policy and their perspectives on policy issues. Other than the recent experiments, the Lo-Sheng movement is introduced as an exemplary case of public engagement. Participants in the Lo-Sheng case formulated policy proposals, disseminated information, and engaged local residents, politicians, and government agencies. Public engagement is of particular importance where citizens had been under authoritarian rule and defer to authority. The development of a political culture that encourages trust and participation is critical; meaningful participation must engage in the transformation of attitudes of citizens and government officials.Less
Public engagement in Taiwan has evolved with democratization. Based on William Duhn’s framework, this chapter discusses the contribution of public participation in each policy development stage and illustrates different kinds of contributions using recent experiments of public engagement in the 2000s in Taiwan. Recent experiments, including citizen consensus conference, citizen jury, scenario workshop, deliberative polling and surveys, grant citizens new opportunities to learn about public policy and their perspectives on policy issues. Other than the recent experiments, the Lo-Sheng movement is introduced as an exemplary case of public engagement. Participants in the Lo-Sheng case formulated policy proposals, disseminated information, and engaged local residents, politicians, and government agencies. Public engagement is of particular importance where citizens had been under authoritarian rule and defer to authority. The development of a political culture that encourages trust and participation is critical; meaningful participation must engage in the transformation of attitudes of citizens and government officials.
Karim Murji
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447319573
- eISBN:
- 9781447319603
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447319573.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter assesses a range of orientations to public engagement and critical race scholarship. There is no one correct way to be an engaged scholar, and each form contains some merit as well as ...
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This chapter assesses a range of orientations to public engagement and critical race scholarship. There is no one correct way to be an engaged scholar, and each form contains some merit as well as various problems. The purpose of the discussion is not to build models or frameworks; rather, it aims to do several other things: first, to make the case for critical and engaged scholarship on race that is sensitive to the times and places it occurs in, as well as being aware of recurring debates about the relation of the academy to publics. Second, the chapter argues that the academy itself needs to be situated; it cannot be treated as just a neutral or even a liberal place from which the practice of radical or critical scholarship occurs. Finally, it introduces the topic of public sociology.Less
This chapter assesses a range of orientations to public engagement and critical race scholarship. There is no one correct way to be an engaged scholar, and each form contains some merit as well as various problems. The purpose of the discussion is not to build models or frameworks; rather, it aims to do several other things: first, to make the case for critical and engaged scholarship on race that is sensitive to the times and places it occurs in, as well as being aware of recurring debates about the relation of the academy to publics. Second, the chapter argues that the academy itself needs to be situated; it cannot be treated as just a neutral or even a liberal place from which the practice of radical or critical scholarship occurs. Finally, it introduces the topic of public sociology.
Caroline W. Lee
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199987269
- eISBN:
- 9780190218683
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199987269.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change, Science, Technology and Environment
What does public engagement look like today? Chapter 1 introduces a typical deliberative process through an extended ethnographic account of Community Congress III, a multimillion-dollar public ...
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What does public engagement look like today? Chapter 1 introduces a typical deliberative process through an extended ethnographic account of Community Congress III, a multimillion-dollar public engagement initiative to plan the rebuilding of New Orleans in the wake of Katrina. The central contradictions explored in the book are revealed in this case, which captures the stark poignancies of a red carpet event for the poorest of the urban poor, honored in hotel ballrooms across the country as civic heroes for a day. The chapter makes the case for an institutional approach to understanding the role of engagement in American life. It describes the methods for studying deliberative democracy as an organizational strategy and presents a guide to the rest of the book.Less
What does public engagement look like today? Chapter 1 introduces a typical deliberative process through an extended ethnographic account of Community Congress III, a multimillion-dollar public engagement initiative to plan the rebuilding of New Orleans in the wake of Katrina. The central contradictions explored in the book are revealed in this case, which captures the stark poignancies of a red carpet event for the poorest of the urban poor, honored in hotel ballrooms across the country as civic heroes for a day. The chapter makes the case for an institutional approach to understanding the role of engagement in American life. It describes the methods for studying deliberative democracy as an organizational strategy and presents a guide to the rest of the book.
Caroline W. Lee
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199987269
- eISBN:
- 9780190218683
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199987269.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change, Science, Technology and Environment
Citizen participation has undergone a radical shift since anxieties about “bowling alone” seized the nation in the 1990s. Many pundits and observers have cheered America’s twenty-first-century civic ...
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Citizen participation has undergone a radical shift since anxieties about “bowling alone” seized the nation in the 1990s. Many pundits and observers have cheered America’s twenty-first-century civic renaissance—an explosion of participatory innovations in public life. Invitations to “have your say!” and “join the discussion!” have proliferated. But has the widespread enthusiasm for maximizing citizen democracy led to real change? This book examines how participatory innovations have reshaped American civic life over the past two decades. It looks at the public engagement industry that emerged to serve government, corporate, and nonprofit clients seeking to gain a handle on the increasingly noisy demands of their constituents and stakeholders. The beneficiaries of new forms of democratic empowerment are not only humble citizens but also the engagement experts who host the forums. Investigating public engagement practitioners’ everyday anxieties and larger worldviews shows the strange meaning of power in contemporary institutions. New technologies and deliberative practices have democratized the ways in which organizations operate, but this book argues that they have also been marketed and sold as retrenchment tools that facilitate cost-cutting, labor control, and other management goals. Public deliberation has burdened everyday people with new responsibilities without delivering on its promises of empowerment.Less
Citizen participation has undergone a radical shift since anxieties about “bowling alone” seized the nation in the 1990s. Many pundits and observers have cheered America’s twenty-first-century civic renaissance—an explosion of participatory innovations in public life. Invitations to “have your say!” and “join the discussion!” have proliferated. But has the widespread enthusiasm for maximizing citizen democracy led to real change? This book examines how participatory innovations have reshaped American civic life over the past two decades. It looks at the public engagement industry that emerged to serve government, corporate, and nonprofit clients seeking to gain a handle on the increasingly noisy demands of their constituents and stakeholders. The beneficiaries of new forms of democratic empowerment are not only humble citizens but also the engagement experts who host the forums. Investigating public engagement practitioners’ everyday anxieties and larger worldviews shows the strange meaning of power in contemporary institutions. New technologies and deliberative practices have democratized the ways in which organizations operate, but this book argues that they have also been marketed and sold as retrenchment tools that facilitate cost-cutting, labor control, and other management goals. Public deliberation has burdened everyday people with new responsibilities without delivering on its promises of empowerment.
Ben Tonra
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719056079
- eISBN:
- 9781781701614
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719056079.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
This chapter reviews the structures, both formal and informal, through which democratic control is exercised over the formulation and conduct of Irish foreign policy. It analyses in detail the ...
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This chapter reviews the structures, both formal and informal, through which democratic control is exercised over the formulation and conduct of Irish foreign policy. It analyses in detail the parliamentary contribution to Irish foreign policy formulation and considers public engagement in the policy process. This chapter evaluates the strength of democratic currents and their potential to transform the formulation and conduct of foreign policy. It also considers the role of narratives in Irish foreign policy construction and the way in which different narratives may become evident in the assumptions of particular sets of foreign policy actors.Less
This chapter reviews the structures, both formal and informal, through which democratic control is exercised over the formulation and conduct of Irish foreign policy. It analyses in detail the parliamentary contribution to Irish foreign policy formulation and considers public engagement in the policy process. This chapter evaluates the strength of democratic currents and their potential to transform the formulation and conduct of foreign policy. It also considers the role of narratives in Irish foreign policy construction and the way in which different narratives may become evident in the assumptions of particular sets of foreign policy actors.
