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

Revista de Administração Pública

Camila Moreira De Castro¹ 

[1] ,Zeppelin University,Germany

关键词: public hearings;    Aneel;    participation;    deliberative democracy;    public policies;    audiências públicas;    Aneel;    participação;    democracia deliberativa;    políticas públicas;    audiencias públicas;    Aneel;    participación;    democracia deliberativa;    políticas públicas;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-76122013000500001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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