Leston-Bandeira Cristina, Siefken Sven T
School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences, Bruehl, Germany.
J Legis Stud. 2023 Jul 18;29(3):361-379. doi: 10.1080/13572334.2023.2214390. eCollection 2023.
Public engagement has become a noticeable activity for parliaments across the world. However, we lack understanding of its role despite considerable developments in scholarly work on public engagement in the sciences and on deliberative and participatory democracy by social scientists. This article provides a framework to understand the significance of parliamentary public engagement and to evaluate its effectiveness. It explains how parliamentary public engagement has emerged because of a representational shift in is doing the representing in parliament and in is represented, following key societal changes. We define parliamentary public engagement, showing the importance of differentiating between the activity, its effects and broader democratic ideals. We identify information and education as the types of engagement activity most developed by parliaments, with much still to do in consultation and participation activities. The article finishes with a discussion of seven key challenges in developing and implementing effective institutional parliamentary public engagement practices.
公众参与已成为世界各地议会一项引人注目的活动。然而，尽管社会科学家在公众参与科学以及审议性和参与性民主方面的学术研究有了相当大的发展，但我们仍缺乏对其作用的理解。本文提供了一个框架，以理解议会公众参与的重要性并评估其有效性。它解释了议会公众参与是如何由于议会中代表主体以及被代表对象的代表性转变而出现的，这种转变是在关键的社会变革之后发生的。我们对议会公众参与进行了定义，表明区分该活动、其效果和更广泛的民主理想的重要性。我们确定信息和教育是议会最发达的参与活动类型，而在协商和参与活动方面仍有许多工作要做。文章最后讨论了制定和实施有效的议会公众参与制度实践中的七个关键挑战。
