Contributing to Social Decision Methodology: Citizen Reports on Technological Projects

Dienel, Peter C.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2425-3_8

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“…In summary, the West German cItIzen panels on energy pohcles prOVided us With the expenence that our three step procedure was a rewarding and successful method to ebclt preferences and educated responses of cItIzens ID a rather short tlme penod At present, several projects utIbzmg citIzen panels are bemg conducted m West Germany (Dlenel, 1989, Dlenel, 1991 Although much smaller ID scale, the project prOVIded many new IDSlghts and expenences that partIally confirmed our German observatIons and partIally documented the need for adjustments to the US pohtIcal culture The project was orgaruzed ID a fashIon sImIlar to the German energy study The first step of ehcltmg stakeholder concerns was replaced by a reVIew of the relevant hterature and personal mtervtews WIth local stakeholders ThIs alteratIon was made because of the low level of stakeholder mterest A Group DelphI on land apphcanon of sludge was conducted WIth nme experts from all over the country attendmg the workshop (Webler et al, 1991) They rated and commented on the nsks and regulatory prOVISIOns of land apphcatIon of sewage sludge In the thIrd phase, we conducted the cItIzen panels on two consecutIve weekends The deSIred goal was to ehClt recommendatIons for regulatory proVISIons that should be mcluded m the permIt for the land apphcatIon of sewage sludge on the sIte ID questIon…”

Section: S Experiences With Citizens Panelsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Public participation in decision making: A three-step procedure

Renn¹,

Webler

Rakel³

et al. 1993

Policy Sci

387

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TIns artIcle mtroduces a novel model of pubhc partICipatIon ID pohtIcal decisions Structured ID three consecutive steps, the model IS based on the View that stakeholders, experts, and cItizens should each contnbute to the plannmg effort their partIcular expertIse and expenence Stakeholders are valuable resources for elICItIng concerns and developmg evaluatIve cntena smce theIr mterests are at stake and they have already made attempts to structure and approach the Issue Experts are necessary to proVide the data base and the functIonal relatIonshIps between OptIOns and Impacts CItIzens are the potentIal VictIms and benefactors of proposed plannmg measures, they are the best Judges to evaluate the dIfferent optIons avaIlable on the basIS of the concerns and Impacts revealed through the other two groups The three-step model has been developed and frequently applIed as a plannmg tool m West Germany We compare tIns expenence WIth the model's first apphcatIon m the UOlted States, and conclude that the three-step procedure offers a IImtted, but prolDls1Og future for democrattzmg polIcy makmg m the UOlted States

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Section: S Experiences With Citizens Panelsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Public participation in decision making: A three-step procedure

Renn¹,

Webler

Rakel³

et al. 1993

Policy Sci

387

220

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“…Citizen Panels, Planning Cells, or Citizen Juries Planning cells or citizen panels (juries) are groups of randomly selected citizens who are asked to compose a set of policy recommendations on a specific issue (Dienel 1989). The objective is to provide citizens with the opportunity to learn about the technical and political facets of the risk management options, and to enable them to discuss and evaluate these options and their likely consequences according to their own sets of values and preferences.…”

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Stakeholder and Public Involvement in Risk Governance

Renn

2015

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

120

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Stakeholder involvement has been a major requirement for effective, efficient, and fair risk governance. Since risk management includes uncertain outcomes that affect different parts of the population to different degrees it is essential to integrate the knowledge, values, and interests of stakeholders into the risk policy making process. The article provides insights into how to structure and organize stakeholder participation and how to cope with the challenges of complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity. For each of the three challenges there is a need for specific input from stakeholders. The article describes these requirements and explains the formats that have been tested for providing this input to the risk governance process.

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“…(3) Conducting a discourse with randomly selected citizens as jurors and representatives of interest groups as witnesses: The last step is the evaluation of potential solutions by one group or several groups of randomly selected citizens (Dienel, 1989;Dienel and Renn, 1995;Renn 1999). These panels are given the opportunity to evaluate and design policy options based on the knowledge of the likely consequences and their own values and preferences.…”

Section: The Model Of Co-operative Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%