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Beyond value?
— measuring the costs and benefits of public participation | | Author(s) | Walid El Ansari, Edward Andersson |
| Journal title | Journal of Integrated Care, vol 19, issue 6, 2011 |
| Pages | pp 45-57 |
| Source | http://www.pierprofessional.com/jicflyer/index.htm. |
| Keywords | Participation ; Cost benefit analysis ; Evaluation ; Projects. |
| Annotation | The costs and benefits of participation or involvement in health, social and political settings are important determinants of whether people and organisations participate. However, actual costs and benefits of public participation a\re rarely measured other than as proxies or as only "measuring the measurable". This paper aims to examine whether economic analyses poses a threat or an opportunity for future public participation. It is based on original research in INVOLVE, a literature review of participation costs/benefits, qualitative interviews with think tanks, participants and managers of participation projects, that examined the options for measuring costs and benefits of public participation. The case against measuring includes: mainstream economic models fail to correctly assess participation costs/benefits; the benefits of participation are beyond economic value altogether; and measures of such costs/benefits may be misinterpreted and consequently misused. Conversely, the case for measuring participation costs and benefits includes: public participation constitutes investments of public resources; and the current lack of economic information is causing problems of under-resourcing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120904203 A |
| Classmark | TMB: WEA: 4C: 3E |
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