The Use of Deliberative Democracy in Public Policy Making Process

Abdullah, Nagoor Meera; Rahman, Mohamad Faizal Abd

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2769105

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“…In general, it is the most democratic concept of public policy formulation because it gives the vast public space to contribute its choices to the government before decision making. The process of public policy analysis of this "deliberation" model is much different from technocratic models because of the role of policy analysis "only" as a facilitator for the public to find solutions through policy decisions [9]. This deliberative model is also known as the argumentative policy model, which is a model of policy formulation involving arguments from the parties or by studying written statements from various parties.…”

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confidence: 99%

Deliberative Policy of Village Government in Village Fund Management in Jembrana Regency

Yudartha¹,

Wijaya²

2022

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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The village government in Jembrana Regency is a village that has not been included in the independent village category. The increasing development of village funds in each village in Jembrana Regency is an excellent opportunity in strengthening deliberative perspective policy. Village fund management maintained by deliberative approaches at the village government level is a big challenge to realize. The development of public policy theory encourages the government to formulate deliberative public policy, and the village government has room to apply the theory. This became an empirical and theoretical basis for researchers to conduct analysis related to deliberative policies in village government in village fund management. This research uses a mixed-method that combines qualitative and quantitative research to obtain more comprehensive data later. The research object in this study is in selected villages in Jembrana Regency. The findings in this study show that deliberative policy analysis, based on influence indicators, shows that each community group has been given space in influencing and making decisions in the village. The inclusion indicator shows that it has involved various figures and interest groups in the village in formulating policies through consensus deliberations. The last hand is that there is an open dialogue in mapping the problem, but policy determination must also look at the ability of the budget, especially village funds.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deliberative Policy of Village Government in Village Fund Management in Jembrana Regency

Yudartha¹,

Wijaya²

2022

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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“…It has been shown that when political and economic institutions delegate part of the decision-making process of a certain policy to their citizens, there is a higher chance of compliance with said policy. This is why, for instance, democratic policy-making, or one that takes into account citizens' opinions, has proven to be more effective than an autocratic one (Deacon, 2009; Persson and Tabellini, 2005; Abdullah and Abdul Rahman, 2015). Evidence from behavioral science also confirmed that participation in the allocation and decision-making process has a positive impact on compliance due to the legitimacy it lends to the system and the need to show signs of honesty, a norm that is triggered by inclusion (McEwen and Maiman, 1986).…”

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How can tax compliance be incentivized? An experimental examination of voice and empathy

AbdelNabi

Wanas²,

Mansour

2021

REPS

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PurposeTax evasion is an economic crime that nearly all world countries suffer from. Its consequences are countless, including poor public spending on infrastructure projects and social welfare programs, low economic growth and development, institutional mistrust and fiscal deficits. For developing countries in particular, targeting development programs and infrastructural investments requires an efficient tax collection policy to generate sufficient funds for such purposes. This makes the tax evasion problem a critical one and countering it extremely policy relevant. Based on evidence that shows how the understanding of taxpayers' behavior is an essential factor in fighting evasion, this paper aims to test different factors that might incentivize citizens using a behavioral and experimental approach, in non-Western educated industrialized rich democracies (non-WEIRD) countries, to comply more.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a survey experiment to examine the impact of different behavioral primes on tax compliance behavior. Specifically, it observes subjects' compliance behavior in two contexts: voice and empathy. A total of 273 students from a big public university in Egypt were randomly selected to participate in this study.FindingsIn the “Voice” treatment, the explanatory variable (VOICE) was found statistically significant, thus confirming the hypothesis that democracy, through having a voice in the decision-making process, affects compliance positively. As for the “Empathy” treatment, the explanatory variable (EMPATHY) was also found significant. This confirms the second hypothesis that triggering feelings of empathy, through highlighting the good cause behind public spending that uses taxpayers' money, affects compliance behavior positively.Research limitations/implicationsDespite the fact that the experimental methodology is a methodology with high internal validity, examining the impact of a specific intervention on behavior, a replication of the experiment in other contexts might be useful in increasing the external validity of the findings. Specifically, conducting this experiment on a nonstudent sample might lead to even more powerful results by increasing the ecological validity of the results.Practical implicationsThis study advocates a more behaviorally informed public policy. Specifically, Egyptian policymakers are recommended to adopt behavioral nudges as a complement to existing policies. The authors believe the findings, if confirmed by repeated experiments (lab, lab-in-the-field and rational choice theories on both student and non-student samples) in a number of Arab countries, might also help in offering cost-effective nudges for the Arab world policymakers, where culture and the political context are to a great extent similar.Social implicationsThe findings of the study have a number of social implications. Higher tax compliance will enable higher levels of public spending on a number of social targets such as education, health and welfare programs.Originality/valueWhile the study builds on recent research examining how to incentivize tax compliance, it simultaneously seeks to make three contributions. First, the study design aims to apply recent advances in behavioral sciences (impact of voice and empathy) in a policy area that has not seen much use of such interventions in the Egyptian context (i.e. tax compliance). Second, the study is policy relevant in the sense that it aims to increase the effectiveness of existing government policies by complementing them with behavioral primes. Third, there is nearly no literature found applying this topic in a non-WEIRD country such as Egypt.

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“…To facilitate this level of communication, scientists can design a good interactive approach based on deliberation-unconstrained dialogue-making sure that everyone wants to be involved and build trust (Turnhout et al 2013). Equality is essential for deliberative processes (Abdullah and Rahman 2015). Therefore, scientists must be careful not to revert to 'teacher-student' roles, which may insert power imbalances (Hoppe 2010) and preempt the viability of the next steps.…”

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confidence: 99%

Making sense together: The role of scientists in the coproduction of knowledge for policy making

Adelle

Pereira

Görgens

et al. 2019

Science and Public Policy

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New forms of knowledge production that actively engage in different types of knowledge in participatory settings have emerged in the last two decades as ‘the right thing to do’. However, the role scientists play in facilitating these processes remains unclear. This article contributes to calls for more deliberate and critical engagement between scholarship and practice of the co-production of knowledge by constructing and testing a conceptual framework based on the literature outlining specific task for scientists in co-production processes. This framework is used to analyze the co-production of knowledge for local food security policy in South Africa, based on documentary analysis and in-depth interviews with scientists, policy makers and stakeholders. It shows that the tasks set out in the conceptual framework provide a useful lens for unpacking, and so better understanding, the role played by scientists in knowledge co-production. Applying the framework also helps to uncover insights into proximate outcomes of co-production, such as increased capacity and power redistribution, as well as critical contextual factors, such as the type of policy problem and the prevailing governance framing. The article concludes that more nuanced and critical understanding of the role of scientists in the co-production process will help over-come the apparent paradox that, although co-production is a ‘buzz word’, researchers often they still adhere to objective and linear knowledge production.

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The Use of Deliberative Democracy in Public Policy Making Process

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Deliberative Policy of Village Government in Village Fund Management in Jembrana Regency

Deliberative Policy of Village Government in Village Fund Management in Jembrana Regency

How can tax compliance be incentivized? An experimental examination of voice and empathy

Making sense together: The role of scientists in the coproduction of knowledge for policy making

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