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标题：Is the Jury Still Out? Toward Greater Insight in Policy Learning in Participatory Decision Processes—the Case of Dutch Citizens' Juries on Water Management in the Rhine Basin
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作者：Dave Huitema ; Corinne Cornelisse ; Bouke Ottow 等
期刊名称：Ecology and Society
印刷版ISSN：1708-3087
电子版ISSN：1708-3087
出版年度：2010
卷号：15
期号：1
出版社：The Resilience Alliance
摘要：This article discusses the potential for policy learning offered by participatory processes,specifically so-called citizens' juries. We establish the need for policy learning by pointing to the increasedcomplexity of water management tasks and challenges. A conceptual discussion subsequently distinguishesbetween cognitive, normative, and relational learning. The public participation literature suggests thatparticipatory processes will contribute to various forms of learning. We assess the truth of this assumptionon the basis of three case studies: citizens' juries on water management in the Dutch part of Rhine basin.We analyze whether the three forms of learning have occurred among jurors, and among policy makers.We find high levels of cognitive, normative, and relational levels of learning for the jurors, but relativelylow levels of learning for policy makers. We analyze the reason for this diverg
关键词：citizen participation; citizens' jury; policy learning; Rhine river; water management