期刊名称：Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1842-2845
出版年度：2009
卷号：26
出版社：Babes Bolyai University
摘要：Public participation is an ever significant notion of modern governance. In the light of lower levels of citizen turnout at elections, contemporary democracies face a growing and complex problem of legitimacy. In this sense, in the last decade more and more governments around Europe and USA turn to new strategies and plans to reach the community they represent and encourage active participation in solving community problems. It is in this note that the present pilot study “Initiatives and Design of Public Policy” was conducted, aiming to evaluate the level of public participation of four professional categories (lawyers, doctors, teachers and managers) in the design and formulation of policy proposals and identify the factors that influence their level of involvement. The study was conducted in seven counties in the North- Western Region of Romania using a convenience sample of 250 individuals. Data gathered shows that involvement is low in all four categories with lawyers topping the list surprisingly. Moreover we have identified certain drawbacks about current legal framework for sustaining public involvement which negatively affects the level of public participation. Even though the data is provisional and is representative only for the study population the results are in line with other studies on this matter which show little public participation in the policy process.
