Another interesting reading assigned for last class was “The New Governance” from Bingham, Nabatchy, and O’Leary.
New forms of citizen participation in the work of government are discussed in this paper.
Some quasi-legislative processes are the following:
First: Deliberative Democracy
It considers relevant facts from multiple points of view.
Second: E-Democracy
It broadens participation by the Internet, mobile communications, and other technologies.
Third: Public Conversations
It promotes constructive conversations and relationships among competitive values.
Fourth: Participatory Budget
It allows taxpayers decide how to allocate part of the public budget.
Fifth: Citizen Juries
It functions as a microcosm of the public by randomly selecting and demographically representing citizens that will carefully analyze an issue of public significance.
Sixth: Study Circles
It is made up with people who share common public interests.
Seventh: Focus Groups
It is a form of gathering qualitative data.
Eight: Roundtables
It is a meeting where peers exchange points of view on different issues at equal level.
The processes above not only increase citizen participation in public policy and decision making but also function as collaborative processes of policy making while reinforcing constitutional rights by allowing citizens decide how best achieve public goals.
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