Creating Spaces of Engagement: Policy Justice and the Practical Craft of Deliberative Democracy

Published by University of Toronto Press 2020

Creating Spaces of Engagement

Policy Justice and the Practical Craft of Deliberative Democracy

Edited by: Leah R.E. Levac and Sarah Marie Wiebe

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487519889

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About this book

Policy justice requires engagement of diverse people, knowledges, and forms of evidence at all stages of the policy-making process, from problem definition through to dissemination.

Author information

LevacLeah R.E.:

Leah R. E. Levac is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph.
WiebeSarah Marie :

Sarah Marie Wiebe is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa.

Reviews

Catherine Etmanski, Professor of Leadership Studies, Royal Roads University:

"In this current era where a vast majority of the global population is excluded from typical democratic and policy-creation practices, lifting up the voices of those who are otherwise marginalized through neoliberal, capitalist, androcentric, heterosexist, ableist, industrial-rationalist processes is essential. Through a range of Canadian and global cases, sites, and stories, Creating Spaces of Engagement not only documents but also celebrates participatory, anti-oppressive, and creative approaches to democracy."

Bettina von Lieres, Centre for Critical Development Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough:

"Creating Spaces of Engagement makes a compelling, convincing, and pressing argument for relational and collaborative approaches to policy making in today’s increasingly exclusionary politics. This collection has immense relevance for scholars, practitioners, teachers, and activists engaging in citizen-centric approaches to policy making."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Why Create Spaces of Engagement? Connecting Theory, Policy, and Practice Sarah Marie Wiebe and Leah Levac Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One – Across Disciplines and beyond the Academy: Stretching Deliberative Democratic Theory
1 Revelatory Protest, Deliberative Exclusion, and the BC Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Bridging the Micro/Macro Divide Genevieve Fuji Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2 The Alberta Energy Futures Lab: A Case Study in Sociocultural Transition through Public Engagement Stephen Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
3 Seeing and Believing: Reconciling Shared Outcomes and Shared Participation Ellen Szarleta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
4 Northern Women’s Conceptualizations of Well-Being: Engaging in the “Right” Policy Conversations Leah Levac and Jacqueline Gillis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
5 Unsettled Democracy: The Case of the Grandview-Woodland Citizens’ Assembly Rachel Magnusson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
6 Opening to the Possible: Girls and Women with Disabilities Engaging in Vietnam Deborah Stienstra and Xuan Thuy Nguyen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Part Two – Centring Voices from the Margins: Expanding and Evaluating Engagement Practices
7 Collective Grist: Hacking Telecommunications Policy in Canada Tara Mahoney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
8 Engaging the “Heart and Mind”: Building Community Capacity for Culturally Grounded Approaches to Substance Use on Post- Secondary Campuses Catriona Remocker, Tim Dyck and Dan Reist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
9 Art-ful Methods of Democratic Participation: Listening, Engagement, and Connection Joanna Ashworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
10 Power, Privilege, and Policy Making: Reflections on “Changing Public Engagement from the Ground Up” Alana Cattapan, Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Tammy Findlay and April Mandrona Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
11 Engaging with Women in Low Income: Implications for Government-Convened Public Engagement Initiatives and Deliberative Democracy Leah Levac Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Part Three – Effective and Affective Spaces of Deliberation
12 The HeART of Engagement: Experiences of a Community-Created Mobile Art Gallery in Brazil Bruno Jayme De Oliveira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
13 Temporary Migrant Workers’ Engagement and (Dis)engagement with the Policy Process Ethel Tungohan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
14 Storytelling as Engagement: Learning from Youth Voices in Attawapiskat Sarah Marie Wiebe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
15 Making Spaces for Truth: Deliberating Reconciliation in Post-Secondary Education Derek Tannis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332
16 Global Goals with Local Relevance? “Glocal” Approaches, Tensions, and Lessons on Measuring Aid Effectiveness Astrid V. Pérez Piñán Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Conclusion: Reflections on Deliberative Democracy, Public Participation, and the Future of Policy Making Leah Levac and Sarah Marie Wiebe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	435

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 472
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 18
- Other: 2 figures
Keywords: public engagement; deliberative democracy; public policy; intersectionality; policy justice; gender; participatory politics; community-engaged scholarship; environmental justice; public spaces

eBook

Published: October 28, 2020
ISBN: 9781487519889