Future Directions for Public Deliberation

Levine, Peter; Fung, Archon; Gastil, John

doi:10.16997/jdd.24

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“…Most successful deliberative democracy experiments have been conducted in geographically localised areas [110]. Localised deliberation is consistent with the emphasis on pursuing SDGs "at the grass roots", but the task remains of linking multiple local areas and cities in order to maximise impacts-or to achieve any substantial impact at all.…”

Section: Scaling Deliberative Democractic Principles To the Grass Roomentioning

confidence: 96%

Principles for Integrating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Cities

Weymouth

Hartz-Karp

2018

Urban Science

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The implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in the urban centres of the world is one of the most consequential and ambitious projects that the nations of the world have undertaken. Guidance for achieving the goals in an integrated way that creates true sustainability is currently lacking because of the wicked nature of the problem. However, its wickedness highlights the critical importance of governance and decision-making processes for such integration, including the relationship between governments and their citizens. In particular, there is strong evidence to suggest that managing wicked problems like the SDGs is best done through forms of democracy that are deliberative, representative and influential. Called “deliberative democracy”, we draw on an existing body of research and case studies of deliberative democracy in action to apply its principles to a step-by-step process for the implementation and integration of the Goals in Cities. The paper concludes with the beginnings of a framework based on deliberative democratic principles, and an outline of methods for the scaling and expansion of the implementation process to cope with the global nature of the problem.

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Section: Scaling Deliberative Democractic Principles To the Grass Roomentioning

confidence: 96%

Principles for Integrating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Cities

Weymouth

Hartz-Karp

2018

Urban Science

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“…This means that the decisions that emerge from a public deliberation are actually implemented, or integrated into the decisions and policies of the representative government. This ensures the deliberation has gravitas, which is important not only for those deliberating, but also for achieving implementable, sustainable, substantive outcomes [60,63].…”

Section: Deliberative Democracymentioning

confidence: 99%

Institutional innovations in public participation for improved local governance and urban sustainability in India

Menon

Hartz-Karp

2019

Sustain Earth

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Background: Improving urban governance is an imperative for India, with its accelerated rate of urbanization, distrust of government, and inadequate public involvement in policy development and decision-making. Deliberative democracy initiatives in other parts of the world, and similar experiences in rural India have demonstrated their effectiveness at resolving complex issues with decisions that are acceptable to constituents, and are seen to be in the public good. Results: Learnings are drawn from two cases of action research in Pune, India about achieving inclusion and deliberation in public engagement efforts, and their influence on public decision-making. The stratified and complex socioeconomic and political context in India, power imbalances, inadequacy of decentralized governance structures, and information for civic decision-making makes public engagement challenging. From this experience, we inductively developed a potential framework for good governance, of deliberative democracy initiatives (induced participation), inclusive civil society (organic and invented) participation, overseen by an independent third party. It is contended that such a framework can enable city governments, in India and elsewhere, to resolve complex urban sustainability challenges with more implementable decisions. Conclusions: Based on what was learnt from the Pune case studies, this article suggests that a combination of leaders willing to pioneer good governance, capable third-party facilitators, and strong organic participation groups working together through the structured approaches of deliberative democracy can effectively integrate the public into civic decision-making. However, to implement deliberative democracy in urban areas in India, the framework proposed will require advocacy at multiple levels. It will be critical to find 'champions' within political, administrative and civil society willing to pioneer deliberative democracy initiatives, to build professional capacity to conduct high quality deliberation, and to ensure the outcomes of such processes are influential. Good governance will rely on an ecosystem supporting such democratic renewal.

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“…It is assumed that dialogue allows people from different backgrounds and initially distant positions to approach each other and establish strategic commitments around common objectives, undergoing a gradual process of cultural adaptation that favours the creation of shared meanings (Levine, Fung, & Gastil, ). Different experiences show that dialogue between actors allows them to elaborate better diagnoses, to identify priority topics and possible courses of coordinated action, and to integrate existing resources and strengths, taking advantage of the knowledge and skills of every individual (Berkowitz & Gagnon, ; Huxham, ; Sjoberg, Mellon, & Peixoto, ; Smith, ).…”

Section: Literature Review and Theorymentioning

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‘Come together?’ Citizens and civil servants dialogue and trust

Güemes

Fuente

2019

Aust J Public Adm

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Trust is a key element in the co‐creation of solution for public problems. Working together is a gradual learning exercise that helps to shape emotions and attitudes and to create the foundations of trust. However, little is known about how institutions can promote trust. With the intention of going deeper into the subject, this paper focuses on a local experience in Spain: Madrid Escucha, a City Council initiative aimed at stimulating dialogue between officials and citizens around projects to improve city life. Three are our questions: who participate in these spaces, how the interactions are, and what advances are achieved. Based on qualitative research, empirical findings confirm a biased participation in this kind of scenarios as well as the presence of prejudices on both sides, an interaction characterised by initial idealism followed by discouragement and a possible readjustment, and a final satisfaction with the process even when results are not successful.

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Future Directions for Public Deliberation

Cited by 57 publications

References 3 publications

Principles for Integrating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Cities

Principles for Integrating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Cities

Institutional innovations in public participation for improved local governance and urban sustainability in India

‘Come together?’ Citizens and civil servants dialogue and trust

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