Institutionalising Public Deliberation: empowerment or appeasement?

Institutionalising Public Deliberation: empowerment or appeasement?

 

Speaker(s): Professor Laurence Monnoyer-Smith 
Chair: Professor Michael Barzelay

Recorded on 28 January 2015 in Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House : http://richmedia.lse.ac.uk/publiclecturesandevents/20150128_1830_instituionalisingPublicDeliberation.mp3

France’s institutionalisation of public debate faces criticism as being an instrument for appeasement. Professor Monnoyer-Smith will discuss how France meets this challenge and evaluates its strengths and weaknesses. 

Laurence Monnoyer-Smith (@lmonsmith) is Vice-President of the French National Commission for Public Debate. 

Michael Barzelay is Professor of Public Management and Head of Department of Management.

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