Abstract At a time when governments are grappling with increasingly complex problems, state-led participatory processes that facilitate citizen and community voice in decision-making and policymaking have become more common at national, regional and local government levels. In Ireland, citizen participation in government has achieved prominence in the last thirty years with the introduction of social partnership and more recent establishment of multiple and diverse forms of participatory governance, nationally, regionally and locally. This paper offers a critique of the evolution and operation of local participatory governance in Ireland. The paper argues that to be effective, participatory governance requires strong and inclusive participatory processes at all levels of government, a clear ideological and policy basis, a coherent ‘joined-up’ programme and receptive institutional foundations.

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爱尔兰的参与式治理：制度创新和对联合思维的追求

摘要 在政府应对日益复杂的问题的时代，促进公民和社区在决策和政策制定中发表意见的国家主导的参与过程在国家、地区和地方政府层面变得越来越普遍。在爱尔兰，过去 30 年来，随着社会伙伴关系的引入以及最近在国家、区域和地方范围内建立的多种参与式治理形式，公民参与政府的工作变得突出。本文对爱尔兰地方参与式治理的演变和运作进行了批判。该文件认为，要有效，参与式治理需要各级政府强有力的包容性参与过程，明确的意识形态和政策基础，