From consultations to dialogue: Canadian experience of citizen engagement in public administration

Abstract

This article is prepared under the aegis of Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT). The article deals with citizens’ participation in government. The questions to be analyzed: citizens’ participation goals, forms, problems of organization; Canadian experience of citizens’ participation in government. The author researches the possibility of Russia to move from informing citizens and public consultations to citizens’ participation in government and a dialogue between the authorities and public.