The Law of Deliberative Democracy

Levy, Ron; Orr, Graeme

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“…Public engagement techniques have traditionally focused on one-way information sharing [ 89 ], but in recent decades, there has been a decided shift towards more deliberative participation in the policymaking [ 35 ] and law-making processes [ 47 ] (see Fig. 1 ).…”

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AI-powered narrative building for facilitating public participation and engagement

Marmolejo‐Ramos

Workman²,

Walker³

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Algorithms, data, and AI (ADA) technologies permeate most societies worldwide because of their proven benefits in different areas of life. Governments are the entities in charge of harnessing the benefits of ADA technologies above and beyond providing government services digitally. ADA technologies have the potential to transform the way governments develop and deliver services to citizens, and the way citizens engage with their governments. Conventional public engagement strategies employed by governments have limited both the quality and diversity of deliberation between the citizen and their governments, and the potential for ADA technologies to be employed to improve the experience for both governments and the citizens they serve. In this article we argue that ADA technologies can improve the quality, scope, and reach of public engagement by governments, particularly when coupled with other strategies to ensure legitimacy and accessibility among a broad range of communities and other stakeholders. In particular, we explore the role “narrative building” (NB) can play in facilitating public engagement through the use of ADA technologies. We describe a theoretical implementation of NB enhanced by adding natural language processing, expert knowledge elicitation, and semantic differential rating scales capabilities to increase gains in scale and reach. The theoretical implementation focuses on the public’s opinion on ADA-related technologies, and it derives implications for ethical governance.

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Section: Limitations Of Traditional Forms Of Public Engagement Employ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

AI-powered narrative building for facilitating public participation and engagement

Marmolejo‐Ramos

Workman²,

Walker³

et al. 2022

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“…For some of these critics, improving the responsiveness of parliament to the needs of the community, for example through adopting more deliberative approaches to law making and legislative scrutiny, may be part of the solution (Levy et al, 2016a;Elster, 1998:1, 8). As Levy and Orr (2016) explain, deliberative law-making requires an active search for a broad range of information, as well as a process for reflection by decisionmakers and the opportunity to move towards a shared common ground. This approach is in line with legal empowerment and social justice theorists who suggest that a more engaged electorate, with greater access to the law making process, could improve the legitimacy of parliamentary law making and thus enhance the levels of trust associated with key political and law making institutions (Liebenberg, 2018:633, Marshaw 1981.…”

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“…It could also mean supporting 'new' submission makers by facilitating regular workshops for submission makers and witnesses or establishing a modest hardship fund to support non-government witnesses travelling from regional or remote locations to attend public hearings in person. This is the type of active search for information and meaningful engagement with different perspectives that (Levy et al, 2016) consider being at the heart of deliberative decision-making, and could be beneficial for development aid partners such as WFD to keep in mind when developing programs aimed to promoting and implementing PLS.…”

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“…It argues that if the asserted benefits of PLS are to be released, 'the people' must play a central role at both the 'trigger' stage of PLS, and during the conduct of the PLS itself. In other words, it argues that PLS must be 'bottom up' or deliberative (Levy et al, 2016) recognising that 'those subject to collective decisions should have voices in the process' (Levy et al, 2016a). This article confronts the conventional top-down approach to making and reviewing legislation and proposes that it is necessary to identify and challenge some of the assumptions inherent in existing definitions or descriptions of PLS.…”

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The Role of the People in Post Legislative Scrutiny: Perspectives From Malaysia and Australia

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2020

JIS

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The purpose of this article is to critically examine the role of the people in the process of reviewing the implementation and effectiveness of existing laws, described in the emerging literature as ‘post-legislative scrutiny or ‘PLS’. Examining the options for citizen engagement with legislative review is critical for all parliamentary democracies grappling with the challenge of rebuilding trust between citizens and institutions. This is because reviewing the content and purpose of proposed and the implementation and impact of existing laws is a way for parliamentarians to give effect to their democratic promise. The methodology employed is qualitative in nature with a tiered approached to identifying and examining the extent to which individuals and non-government actors can contribute to parliamentary review processes in two Westminster-inspired parliamentary democracies: Australia and Malaysia. Using case study examples and examining both structural and cultural features of the systems of legislative review in both systems, this article directly challenges some of the assumptions previously associated with PLS in the existing literature. Experiences of different ‘ad hoc’ forms of PLS in both Australia and Malaysia suggest that there could be substantial benefits for lawmakers and citizens by moving toward a more deliberative, ‘bottom up’ approach to PLS in the future.

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Political Communication in Britain

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The Law of Deliberative Democracy

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The Role of the People in Post Legislative Scrutiny: Perspectives From Malaysia and Australia

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