Informational Barriers to Effective Policy-Public Communication: A Case Study of Wind Energy Planning in Saskatchewan, Canada

La participation des citoyens aux débats entourant des questions liées aux politiques touchant l’environnement et les ressources peut être très utile ; mais, en même temps, ces questions sont complexes et souvent difficiles à comprendre pour le public. Dans cet article, à l’aide d’une étude de cas – la planification du développement de l’énergie éolienne en Saskatchewan, au Canada –, nous analysons les obstacles à l’information qui constituent un frein à la participation des citoyens aux débats sur les politiques publiques. Un examen de la documentation disponible montre qu’il y a eu quatre types d’obstacles à une information efficace du public dans ce cas : information qui semble claire sur une réalité qui est différente ou plus complexe qu’elle ne le paraît, information non correctement présentée, information obsolète, manque d’information. Nous présentons des solutions assez simples à ces problèmes, mais nous montrons également que ces difficultés ne sont pas toujours accidentelles mais plutôt la conséquence des façons de faire que les décideurs politiques choisissent d’utiliser.

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