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E-consultation: evaluating appropriate technologies and processes for citizens' participation in public policy
(2006)
Fagan, Honor; Newman, D.R.; McCusker, Paul; Murray, Michael
E-consultation: evaluating appropriate technologies and processes for citizens' participation in public policy
(2006)
Fagan, Honor; Newman, D.R.; McCusker, Paul; Murray, Michael
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This report sets out to explore the reality of consultation as a form of citizen participation in policy development in Ireland, North and South. It investigates processes of consultation, the only form of participation that is a legal requirement of policy making, with a view to assessing their value as supporting tools of citizen centric governance. In addition a key objective of the research was to support the development of citizen driven government by identifying how Information Communication Technologies could support, develop or deepen the participation of citizens in policy development through that same consultation requirement. In particular, it was hoped to identify e-consultation processes and technologies that are most appropriate to the needs of diverse local communities and to find the best ways to apply these to support citizen driven democracy. The research team is both interdisciplinary and action orientated. The authors come from diverse academic backgrounds such ...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/468/
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Measuring horizontal governance: a review of public consultation by the Northern Ireland government between 2000 and 2004
(2009)
Murray, Michael; Fagan, Honor; McCusker, Paul
Measuring horizontal governance: a review of public consultation by the Northern Ireland government between 2000 and 2004
(2009)
Murray, Michael; Fagan, Honor; McCusker, Paul
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This article examines the use of public consultation by the Northern Ireland central government between the years of 2000 and 2004. Key findings suggest a general enthusiasm for its use by government and citizens, despite the identification of challenges including lack of resources as well as ‘consultation fatigue’. In addition, divergences exist between the aims and expectations of administrators and those of citizens and the community and voluntary sector on the contentious issue of what should constitute ‘participation’. Reflecting a key debate in the literature on whether the use of mechanisms such as public consultation signals the emergence of autonomous, horizontal networks of governance, it is argued here that instead, the way in which public consultation was used indicates a continuance of centralised, hierarchical government.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/11962/
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On the Road from Consultation Cynicism to Energising e- Consultation
(2006)
Fagan, Honor; Stephens, Simon; McCusker, Paul; O'Donnell, David; Newman, David R.
On the Road from Consultation Cynicism to Energising e- Consultation
(2006)
Fagan, Honor; Stephens, Simon; McCusker, Paul; O'Donnell, David; Newman, David R.
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A major concern in recent political discourse is that government has become both isolated from and unresponsive to its citizens. Democracy, by definition, demands a two-way flow of communication between government and civil society. ICTs have the potential to facilitate such improved flows of communication â hence, e-democracy and e-consultation. This paper initially draws on focus group discussions on the theme of e-consultation conducted amongst activist citizens on the island of Ireland. High levels of frustration, scepticism and cynicism were expressed on the form, nature and process of extant consultation processes. In follow-up demonstrations, however, the preliminary findings are much more positive suggesting that the potential exists for using e-consultation technologies to enhance democratic processes.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/477/
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