Community consultation in public policy: The case of the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia

Title
Community consultation in public policy: The case of the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia
Publication Date
2005
Author(s)
Crase, Lin
Dollery, Brian Edward
Wallis, Joe
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/10361140500129990
UNE publication id
une:3207
Abstract
Community consultation is widely employed in contemporary Australia as a means of improving the formulation and implementation of public policy. However, little is known about the optimal expenditure of effort required for any given consultation. This article develops a rational choice model of community consultation that seeks to encapsulate the major elements involved in optimising consultation effort. The framework is particularly useful for understanding and explaining why actual community consultation processes may be sub-optimal. The rational choice model is then applied to the 'Living Murray' debate over water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia.
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Citation
Australian Journal of Political Science, 40(2), p. 221-238
ISSN
1363-030X
1036-1146
Start page
221
End page
238

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