Closing the gap: establishing a ‘feedback loop’ for effective parliamentary public engagement

• Sheldon, Christine ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Oxford

     University of Oxford

     Oxford District, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: The Journal of legislative studies, ISSN 1357-2334, Vol. 29, Nº. 3, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Public Engagement in the Work of Parliaments: global practitioner perspectives), págs. 425-441
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2023.2195711
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• Resumen

  • Are parliamentary engagement initiatives effective? Do they add to the qualityof democracy? And how can they reach a wider audience? These are keyquestions which, when answered, can improve a parliament’s engagementstrategy significantly. This article illustrates that the answers to thesequestions can be found by establishing a feedback loop, through which aparliament can not only improve the quality of engagement, but in doing so,boosts participation. It draws on the data derived from research conductedfor the IPU Global Parliamentary Report (GPR). More precisely, this concerns afocus group, a parliaments survey, as well as a plethora of interviews whichwere conducted to get individual, accounts of engagement. Thefindingsindicate that through careful evaluation, impact assessment, and transparentreporting offindings, parliaments canfinetune engagement practices andgenerate incentives for engaging. Additionally, guidelines are presented onhow best to establish a public engagement feedback loop.

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