Public hearings as a tool to improve participation in regulatory policies: case study of the National Agency of Electric Energy

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Castro, Camila Moreira De
Copyright Year	2013
Description	The participation of citizens in public policies is an opportunity not only to educate them, but also to increase their empowerment. However, the best way for deploying participatory policies, defining their scope and approach, still remains an open and continuous debate. Using as a case study the Brazilian National Agency of Electric Energy (Aneel), with its public hearings about tariff review, this paper aims at analyzing the democratic aspects of these hearings and challenges the hypothesis of many scholars about the social participation bias in this kind of procedure. This study points out a majority participation of experts, contrasting with the political content of discussions. And, this way, it contributes to a critical analysis of the public hearings as a participatory tool, indicating their strengths and their aspects which deserve a special attention.
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Ending Page	1087
Page Count	19
Starting Page	1069
ISSN	00347612
e-ISSN	00347612
DOI	10.1590/s0034-76122013000500001
Journal	Revista de Administração Pública
Issue Number	5
Volume Number	47
Language	English
Publisher	FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Publisher Date	2013-10-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Revista de Administração Pública Environmental Studies Deliberative Democracy Audiências Públicas Democracia Deliberativa Políticas Públicas Audiencias Públicas
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Administration