Open AccessLocal 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.