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Local councils and public consultation: extending the reach of democracy

Author(s) -

Jenny Ombler,

Marie Russell,

Graciela Rivera-Muñoz

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

policy quarterly

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2324-1101

pISSN - 2324-1098

DOI - 10.26686/pq.v12i4.4623

Subject(s) - democracy , context (archaeology) , public administration , local government , government (linguistics) , political science , public consultation , quality (philosophy) , public relations , law , politics , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology

This article considers public consultation in the context of New Zealand local government. Although by international standards New Zealand possesses a rich culture of citizen engagement and public consultation (OECD, 2015), the quality of consultation presents itself as a problem to local government, as their efforts have often been perceived as unsatisfactory.

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