A survey of community engagement in Australian localgovernment

摘要: In the quest for both enhanced local democracy (Aulich 2009) and increased economic prosperity founded in 'place-based' policy-making (Lyons 2007), community engagement has become an established technique of Australian government planning decision-making. While several commentators have considered normative validity strategies (see, example, Grant Dollery 2011) others conducted detailed studies particular jurisdictional contexts (Prior Herriman 2010; Wiseman 2006), to date a comparative study different systems not been forthcoming. As initial step toward undertaking this comprehensive empirical task, paper examines legislative regulatory frameworks jurisdictions. It is argued that characteristics Australia's federal system are played out policy arena, such differences between state territory enable promise place-based making be felt at level.