Whose input counts? : Evaluating the process and outcomes of public consultation through the BC Water Act Modernization ...
Public consultation has become an increasingly common form of democratic engagement. While critics have challenged the potential for public consultation to democratize policy-making due to existing power structures, few studies have undertaken a systematic evaluation of the policy outcomes of consul...
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ftdatacite:10.14288/1.0343255 2024-04-28T08:19:06+00:00 Whose input counts? : Evaluating the process and outcomes of public consultation through the BC Water Act Modernization ... Jollymore, Ashlee McFarlane, Kiely Harris, Leila 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0343255 https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0343255 en eng The University of British Columbia https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2017.1282377 article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.14288/1.034325510.1080/19460171.2017.1282377 2024-04-02T09:53:47Z Public consultation has become an increasingly common form of democratic engagement. While critics have challenged the potential for public consultation to democratize policy-making due to existing power structures, few studies have undertaken a systematic evaluation of the policy outcomes of consultation. This study combines qualitative and quantitative techniques to systematically analyze participants’ responses to policy proposals, and compare those responses with resulting policies. We utilized this approach to examine the large-scale public consultation process that informed the development of British Columbia’s new Water Sustainability Act (2014). Our analysis revealed: 1) barriers to effectual engagement, particularly for First Nations; 2) statistical differences in policy preferences between industry and non-industry groups; and 3) patterns in how these preferences align with policy outcomes, suggesting uneven participant influence on policy-making. This study highlights the importance of analyzing ... Text First Nations DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Public consultation has become an increasingly common form of democratic engagement. While critics have challenged the potential for public consultation to democratize policy-making due to existing power structures, few studies have undertaken a systematic evaluation of the policy outcomes of consultation. This study combines qualitative and quantitative techniques to systematically analyze participants’ responses to policy proposals, and compare those responses with resulting policies. We utilized this approach to examine the large-scale public consultation process that informed the development of British Columbia’s new Water Sustainability Act (2014). Our analysis revealed: 1) barriers to effectual engagement, particularly for First Nations; 2) statistical differences in policy preferences between industry and non-industry groups; and 3) patterns in how these preferences align with policy outcomes, suggesting uneven participant influence on policy-making. This study highlights the importance of analyzing ... |
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