Abstract
There are continuing debates on methodological issues of policy science. On the one hand, the unprecedented advancement in research methods and technology has made it possible to formulate more precise, empirically driven models of scientific inquiries and thus has added credibility on positivist approach of policy science. On the other hand, social systems and subjective values have increasingly been emphasized in policy analyses and have served as impetus to post-positivist approach of policy science. In this essay, I discuss the role of democratization and citizen participation in policy science. While citizen participation is important to ensure democratization of the process of policymaking and to improve the quality of information provided to make appropriate policy decisions. how such citizen participation can be acquired has become another pressing issue. I explore community participation in light of assessing its effectiveness in policy-making and its coherence with the role of policy experts.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 207-223 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Policy Sciences |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Social Sciences
- Public Administration
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law