The Fiscal Sociology of Public Consultation
The Fiscal Sociology of Public Consultation
This chapter examines what it calls “new deliberative assemblies” carried out by state-level government agencies from the perspective of fiscal sociology. In particular, it conceptualizes the new deliberative assemblies as a form of consultation between states and citizens by focusing on the case of California in the late twentieth century. After discussing the paradox of participation, the chapter considers the fiscal sociology of consultation. It then describes anticipatory consultation and innovative forms of consultation and goes on to explore the impact of fiscal bargains struck in the Progressive Era on the evolution of consultation in California and New York. It also looks at the Great Consultation and the fiscal theory of democratization and concludes by assessing the implications of new deliberative assemblies for public participation.
Keywords: new deliberative assemblies, fiscal sociology, consultation, California, paradox of participation, fiscal bargains, New York, Great Consultation, fiscal theory of democratization, public participation
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