The practice of deliberative policy analysis in the context of political and cultural challenges: lessons from Thailand

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article draws upon insight from a study of those involved in introducing deliberative policy analysis in Thailand at the city scale and presents lessons for both policy practitioners and scholars. The design of each del...

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Main Authors: Piyapong Boossabong, Pobsook Chamchong
Format: Journal
Published: 2019
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http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/65881
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Institution: Chiang Mai University
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Summary:© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article draws upon insight from a study of those involved in introducing deliberative policy analysis in Thailand at the city scale and presents lessons for both policy practitioners and scholars. The design of each deliberative forum differed, depending on lessons learned from previous forums and the consensus that emerged as a result of deliberation amongst forum facilitators. The underlying principle of this kind of deliberative design is to make deliberative processes authentic, by avoiding coercion, inclusive, by engaging stakeholders who bring forth different ideas, and impactful. To make these forums more exciting, deliberative practices are often linked to other attractive discourses, such as those surrounding smart cities, creative spaces and inclusive development. The case of Thailand sheds light on emerging challenges involved in the practice of deliberative policy analysis in the context of both national political regimes that are not democracies and those in the East.