The changing face of policy making

George Clark, December 2004 (Based loosely on Hoppe, 1999)

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A policy is a set of ideas or plans which are used as the basis for making decisions, especially in politics, economics, or business.

In countries where participatory democracy is becoming more common the policy making process involves a wide range of people in making sense together.

This popular approach involves deep changes in how society is organised and in the way that politicians, scientists and ordinary people go about their business. This short paper looks at how emerging forms of participatory democracy are changing what is involved in speaking truth to power.