Review article
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.53.1.2
Challenges in the Public Participation and the Decision Making Process
Azizan Marzuki
orcid.org/0000-0002-1035-4908
; Universiti Sains Malaysia; Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Abstract
The implementation of the public participation process is important for the
democratisation of social values and better planning and fulfilment of public needs.
The public participation process, however, is sometimes threatened by bureaucratic
constraints caused by the lack of a systematic approach and an inadequate public
administration system, which contribute to the public exclusion from the process. The
exclusion is also caused by the lack of knowledge about public participation and low
levels of education amongst the public. With this in view, this paper reviewed four approaches
to public participation in four countries: Denmark, the Philippines, Canada
and the United Kingdom. The dimensions of public participation developed by Uphoff
and Cohen were then used for data analysis, interpretation and conclusions drawn by
discussing the grounds for public inclusion and exclusion from the decision-making
process.
Keywords
public participation; decision-making process; approaches; case studies
Hrčak ID:
136608
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Publication date:
17.3.2015.
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