Structural Factors Implications and Contingency Framework for Public Participation and Consultation to Improve Governance

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the implications of structural factors such as infrastructure, structure, power, resources, methods, and tools as a contingency framework for public and political participation spaces and consultation for governance. It is assumed that public and political participation spaces and consultation applied to institutions, societies, and communities, with determined organizational structural factors, methods, and tools as an analytical contingency framework, are relevant to establish the public participatory governance model. The method employed is the analytical recount and reflective of developments in participatory governance based on the theoretical and empirical literature. It is concluded that the creation and development of structural factors such as the infrastructure, structure, power, resources, methods, and tools framed in a contingency model contribute to enhancing the public and political participation spaces and consultation for governance in any organization, community, and society.