The Professionalization of Public Participation
The Professionalization of Public Participation is an edited collection of essays by leading and emerging scholars examining the emerging profession of public participation professional.
Public participation professionals are persons working in the public, private or third sectors that are paid to design, implement, and/or facilitate participatory forums. The rapid growth and proliferation of participatory arrangements call for expertise in the organizing of public participation. The contributors analyze the professionalization of this practice in different countries (United States, France, Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom) to see how their actions challenge the development of participatory arrangements. Designing such processes is a delicate activity, since it may affect not only the quality of the processes and their legitimacy, but also their capacity to influence decision-making.
Table des matières:Chapter 1: Introduction. The public participation professional: an invisible but pivotal actor in participatory processes
Laurence Bherer, Mario Gauthier & Louis Simard
Section I. Specific context
Chapter 2: Innovating public participation. The role of PPPs and institutions in Italy
Rodolfo Lewanski & Stefania Ravazzi
Chapter 3: The participatory democracy market in France: Between standardization and fragmentation
Alice Mazeaud & Magali Nonjon
Chapter 4: Public participation professionals in the US: Confronting challenges of equity and empowerment
Caroline W. Lee
Chapter 5: Who’s the client? The sponsor, citizens, or the participatory process? Tensions in the Quebec (Canada) public participation field
Laurence Bherer, Mario Gauthier & Louis Simard
Chapter 6: Expertise, professionalization and reflexivity in mediating public participation: Perspectives from STS and British science and democracy
Jason Chilvers
Section II. Actors and networks
Chapter 7: Making it official: Participation professionals and the challenge of institutionalizing deliberative democracy
Oliver Escobar
Chapter 8: Negotiating professional boundaries: Learning from collaboration between academics and deliberation practitioners
David Kahane & Kristjana Loptson
Chapter 9: Making citizen panels a "universal bestseller": Transnational mobilization practices of public participation advocates
Nina Amelung & Louisa Grabner
Chapter 10: Learning to facilitate: Implications for skill development in the public participation field
Kathryn S. Quick & Jodi R. Sandfort
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Laurence Bherer, Mario Gauthier & Louis Simard