Research-action and dialogical mediation as methodological practices favoring the emergence of communication initiatives in Councils of Public Policy Managers

Abstract This article examines two methodological practices to support the participation in the spaces of Managers Councils of Public Policies: action research and dialogical mediation. More specifically, we intend to consider whether and how such practices may be stimulating the emergence of communicative action among the participatory institutional designs of the Councils. In order to do it, a study was done in the Municipal Council for Sustainable Rural Development of Viçosa - MG (CMDRS). The theoretical basis of the article is based on the discussion of legitimacy and participation within the deliberative democracy; the methodology used is based on a combination of documental and qualitative researches. As main results, it is understood that such methodological practices constitute, depending on how they are used, as important qualification mechanisms of formal participatory spaces.

摘要 本文考察了两类可支撑公共政策管理委员会（Managers Councils of Public Policies）议事空间参与实践的方法论手段：行动研究（action research）与对话式调解（dialogical mediation）。具体而言，本文旨在探讨此类实践能否以及如何推动各委员会参与式制度设计中沟通行动的涌现。为此，研究团队在巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州维索萨市可持续农村发展市政委员会（Municipal Council for Sustainable Rural Development of Viçosa - MG，CMDRS）开展了实证研究。本文的理论依托为协商民主（deliberative democracy）框架下关于合法性与参与议题的探讨；研究方法采用文献研究与质性研究相结合的研究范式。核心研究结果表明，此类方法论实践可根据具体应用场景，成为正式参与式空间的重要赋能机制。