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Deliberative Wave and Neo‐Managerial Conception of Mini‐Publics

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This Research Note analyses how the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) has promoted mini‐publics, before focusing on a specific collaboration between the OECD and the Directorate‐General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission in the case of the mini‐public Besaya Delibera . Drawing on the literature on the OECD and on the tensions between New Public Management and deliberative‐participatory formats, it examines the possibility of a neomanagerial conception underpinning the promotion of mini‐publics. In the case of Besaya, I show that citizens are treated more as clients than as agents of public policies, with their participation allowing them to influence only marginally a market‐oriented environmental framing.

Source: Swiss Political Science Review

DOI: 10.1111/spsr.70039

Author: Jessy Bailly

Institutions: Sciences Po Aix, Centre Méditerranéen de Sociologie, de Science Politique et d'Histoire, Institut catholique de paris

Language: English

Topic: Political Theory and Democracy

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,140