Theory versus practice: Dilemma of public policy participation in the developing countries
Practice of public policy participation in developing countries defies conventional theories. The participatory policy process of today is prominently known to be elites dominating the entire process, and control every bit of its stages.In this relationship, citizens participate to fulfill the re...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/13141/1/65.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/13141/ http://www.uumicg2014.com/ |
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| Summary: | Practice of public policy participation in developing countries defies conventional theories.
The participatory policy process of today is prominently known to be elites dominating the
entire process, and control every bit of its stages.In this relationship, citizens participate
to fulfill the requirements.The scenario avails citizens with limited unwarranted choice to
influence the policy.Various contending views provide account of different facets of
policy process in bits with little coherency and details. The existing impasse between the
theories and practices of public policy in developing countries has call for redirecting the
beam light into deepening search for real life experiences, and contextual antecedents of
the societies in question in order to transposing theory. Given the fact that policies
produced from true sense of participatory process stand the test of sustainability, bring to
the fore, the importance of envisaging ownership-based participatory approach to policy
formulation and implementation. This paper highlighted the ongoing discussions about
different perspectives of participatory policy process and specifically appealed for
conceptual shift from traditional perspective, which emphasizes channel of participation
to a more holistic citizen’s centric approach that emphasizes on citizen control of the
policy process. |
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