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Public Sphere: Government 2.0 - Michael Depercy
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
Citizen Engagement & Policy LearningForming, storming, norming and performing
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
Is there an Australian political culture?
In the Dixonian tradition, political stability is
achieved by „self-restraint in the interests of
constitutionalism… when “reinforced by an
informed and vigilant citizenry”‟ (Saunders & Le
Roy 2003: 9; De Percy 2004: 9)
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
Is there an Australian political culture?
In the 1970s, Australians were viewed as „not much
interested in politics and displayed low rates of
political participation‟.
However: „One cannot be sure if that Australia has
yet acquired a demonstrably civic culture‟
(Emy & Hughes 1993: 122)
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
Is there an Australian political culture?
„National opinion polls tell us that public trust in
Australia‟s governments and our political
leadership is now at an all-time low‟.
(Uhr 2005)
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
Why is the political culture important?
As we move to a technology-driven, more open
society:
„[T]he operation and viability of any given political
system depends also on the political culture
which underlies it‟ (Emy & Hughes 1993: 113)
Which leads me to some observations about an
emerging online Australian ‘civic culture’
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
Some Observations
• An underlying Australian civic culture which
raises some important questions:
– Are Australians averse to conflict, generally?
– Does Australia really have a democratic political
culture?
• Explosion of conflict on educational, community
and media participatory forums
Tendency for ‘knee-jerk’ reactions from authorities
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
Policy Learning
In its broadest meaning, to borrow from Howlett
& Ramesh (2003: 220):
• Policy learning „includes both the intended and
unintended… consequences of policy-making
activities‟ and is „an iterative process of active
learning on the part of policy actors‟
Learning (and conflict) will become more
intense as the number of actors increases
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
What will be our approach to ‘Netiquette’?
In light of our ‘civic culture’, what is our
capacity to ‘learn’ through a process which
essentially involves ‘conflict’?
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
Understanding new media ‘policy learning’
Forming: „Public Sphere‟, Open Forum, ABC
Storming: Follow up debates, research, reactions
Norming: Establishing the „rules of the game‟
Performing: Obtaining the benefits
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MICHAEL DE PERCY
One step away from politics?
Specialist online policy research centres
• We need decentralised spaces to experiment
Emerging models:
• Outsourcing citizen engagement
Education will play a primary role
• Many barriers to the legitimacy of social media