Tools for transferring lay knowledge into local municipal public policy in Slovak local municipalities

• Authors: Matúš Čupka , Katarína Števove
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Citizen participation can be considered a key part of public policy making and is also one of the reasons for the growing expert interest in this issue. This article focuses on specific knowledge, socalled “lay knowledge”, which can be identified as knowledge gained from “non experts” through civic participation. The article establishes when and how this type of knowledge enters the policy-making process via specific selected tools and provides practical examples from local and municipal public policy.

Keywords

EN

lay knowledge; local municipality; public policy; volunteering

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 325-335

Dates

published

2014-07-01

online

2014-06-26

Contributors

author

Matúš Čupka

• Comenius University

author

Katarína Števove

• Comenius University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-014-0230-0