The concepts and issues of professionalism and public participation in the national education policy decision-making

In the Italian political and economic agenda the forest sector occupies a marginal role. The forest sector in Italy is characterized by a high institutional fragmentation and centralized decision-making processes dominated by Public Forest Administrations. Public participation in forest policy processes has been implemented since the 1990s at national, regional and local levels in several cases. However, today no significant changes have been observed in the overall governance of the forest sector and stakeholders’ involvement in Italian forest policy decision-making is still rather limited. The aims of this paper are to describe the state of forest-related participatory processes in Italy at various levels (national, regional and local) and identify which factors and actors hinder or support the establishment and implementation of participatory forest-related processes in the country. The forest-related participatory processes are analyzed adopting a qualitative-based approach and interpreting interactive, complex and non-linear participatory processes through the lens of panarchy theory.

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Public Participation in Local Policy Decision-making: The Role of Web-based Mapping

The Cartographic Journal ◽

10.1179/000870407x213459 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 138-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 84

Author(s):

Richard Kingston

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Public Participation ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Local Policy ◽

Web Based ◽

Policy Decision Making

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Control or influence? Conflict or solidarity? Understanding diversity in preferences for public participation in social policy decision making

Social Policy and Administration ◽

10.1111/spol.12445 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 53 (1) ◽

pp. 170-187 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rikki Dean

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Social Policy ◽

Public Participation ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Policy Decision Making

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Appropriate Standards of Evidence for Education Policy Decision Making

Education Finance and Policy ◽

10.1162/edfp_a_00301 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 383-396

Author(s):

Carrie Conaway ◽

Dan Goldhaber

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Resource Allocation ◽

Education Policy ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Public ◽

Different Types ◽

Research Findings ◽

Standards Of Evidence ◽

Policy Decision Making

Education policy makers must make decisions under uncertainty. Thus, how they think about risks has important implications for resource allocation, interventions, innovation, and the information that is provided to the public. In this policy brief we illustrate how the standard of evidence for making decisions can be quite inconsistently applied, in part because of how research findings are reported and contextualized. We argue that inconsistencies in evaluating the probabilities of risks and rewards can lead to suboptimal decisions for students. We offer suggestions for how policy makers might think about the level of confidence they need to make different types of decisions and how researchers can provide more useful information so that research might appropriately affect decision making.

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Public Participation in South Africa’s Policy Decision-Making Process: The Mass and the Elite Choices

Central European Public Administration Review ◽

10.17573/ipar.2016.1.03 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 55-73

Author(s):

Mokoko Piet Sebola

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Public Participation ◽

Capital Punishment ◽

Policy Making ◽

Policy Decision ◽

The Public ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Policy Decision Making ◽

The Masses ◽

Academic Discourses

Public participation in policy-making dominates most Development, Political Science and Public Administration academic discourses. The issue of concern is the extent to which governments are able to create structures that allow for public participation of citizens in matters affecting their political and developmental concerns. The success of any government administration is, therefore, measured on the basis of how the citizens participate and contribute to the process of deciding their own political and developmental direction. It is argued that the public participation approach that considers the interests, contributions and needs of citizens in policy decision-making processes is difficult in practice. This article investigates the processes of public participation in public policy-making in South Africa with respect to the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996, the Abolition of Capital Punishment policy and the Civil Union Act 17 of 2006. This is done with a view to determine if public participation in policy decision-making is a reflection of the choices of the elite or the masses.

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