Creating spaces of engagement : policy justice and the practical craft of deliberative democracy / edited by Leah Levac and Sarah Marie Wiebe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levac, Leah R. E., 1977- editor.

Wiebe, Sarah Marie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Citizen participation.

Social policy.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 p.) : 2 figures

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

There is a growing need for public buy-in if democratic processes are to run smoothly. But who exactly is "the public"? What does their engagement in policy-making processes look like? How can our understanding of "the public" be expanded to include – or be led by – diverse voices and experiences, particularly of those who have been historically marginalized? And what does this expansion mean not only for public policies and their development, but for how we teach policy? Drawing upon public engagement case studies, sites of inquiry, and vignettes, this volume raises and responds to these and other questions while advancing policy justice as a framework for public engagement and public policy. Stretching the boundaries of deliberative democracy in theory and practice, Creating Spaces of Engagement offers critical reflections on how diverse publics are engaged in policy processes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Create Spaces of Engagement? Connecting Theory, Policy, and Practice

Part One – Across Disciplines and beyond the Academy: Stretching Deliberative Democratic Theory

1 Revelatory Protest, Deliberative Exclusion, and the BC Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Bridging the Micro/Macro Divide

2 The Alberta Energy Futures Lab: A Case Study in Sociocultural Transition through Public Engagement

3 Seeing and Believing: Reconciling Shared Outcomes and Shared Participation

4 Northern Women’s Conceptualizations of Well-Being: Engaging in the “Right” Policy Conversations

5 Unsettled Democracy: The Case of the Grandview-Woodland Citizens’ Assembly

6 Opening to the Possible: Girls and Women with Disabilities Engaging in Vietnam

Part Two – Centring Voices from the Margins: Expanding and Evaluating Engagement Practices

7 Collective Grist: Hacking Telecommunications Policy in Canada

8 Engaging the “Heart and Mind”: Building Community Capacity for Culturally Grounded Approaches to Substance Use on Post- Secondary Campuses

9 Art-ful Methods of Democratic Participation: Listening, Engagement, and Connection

10 Power, Privilege, and Policy Making: Reflections on “Changing Public Engagement from the Ground Up”

11 Engaging with Women in Low Income: Implications for Government-Convened Public Engagement Initiatives and Deliberative Democracy

Part Three – Effective and Affective Spaces of Deliberation

12 The HeART of Engagement: Experiences of a Community-Created Mobile Art Gallery in Brazil

13 Temporary Migrant Workers’ Engagement and (Dis)engagement with the Policy Process

14 Storytelling as Engagement: Learning from Youth Voices in Attawapiskat

15 Making Spaces for Truth: Deliberating Reconciliation in Post-Secondary Education

16 Global Goals with Local Relevance? “Glocal” Approaches, Tensions, and Lessons on Measuring Aid Effectiveness

Conclusion: Reflections on Deliberative Democracy, Public Participation, and the Future of Policy Making

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-1989-3

1-4875-1988-5

OCLC:

1154763728