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What is Public Policy Engagement

Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement and Social Change in Contemporary Society
Public Policy Engagement indicates a new way of thinking about how governments, stakeholders, communities and ordinary citizens can work together to achieve complex, societal goals. It involves participating effectively in the policy-making process and aspirations regarding how to have a positive impact on the lives of people in different societies and/or countries.
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Strengthening Performance of Civil Society Through Dialogue and Critical Thinking in Nigeria: Its Ethical Implications
Essien Essien (University of Uyo, Nigeria)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4197-4.ch005
Abstract
This chapter discusses dialogue and critical thinking as a tool for civil society's performance and achievements in contemporary societies. The problem statement raises the need for knowledge of what dialogue and critical thinking is, as well as the competence in how to employ and apply its tools in policy engagement. Drawing upon extensive contemporary literature on civil society and policy engagement, this study examines how to enhance the performance of civil society organizations through the paradigm of dialogue and critical thinking. Findings reveal that critical thinking and dialogue is crucial in the success story of civil society organizations, just as the quality of the work accomplished is contingent upon the quality of the ideas, critical thinking and analysis of the problems to be solved. This chapter therefore, has a significant implications for cumulative research on the nexus between critical thinking and dialogue in Civil Society in contemporary societies
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