Suboptimal public policy formulation and implementation often result from traditional representative democratic practices. Increasing fragmentation, eroding trust, and a complex policy making environment contribute to this problem. Collaborative decision making is a pragmatic alternative. This research explored process dynamics leading participants to prefer collaborative decision making approaches such as the diversity, interdependence, and authentic dialogue theory-based model of collaboration in decision making. Participants perspectives, variability among groups, and preferences for...
Suboptimal public policy formulation and implementation often result from traditional representative democratic practices. Increasing fragmentation, e...
