00951pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002100040245006200061260000900123300001500132362000800147520056600155650001500721700001800736773005100754180718b2012   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMcLaverty, Peter  aCivic participation in the Scottish Parliament Committees  c2012  ap.458-470.  aJun  aWe assess how far the committees of the Scottish Parliament have succeeded in engaging the public in their work, in line with the parliament's founding principles. We suggest that progress has been made, but argue that factors such as party politics and continuing support for traditional representative democratic norms have limited moves towards more participatory democracy. Evidence also suggests that engagement with politically marginalized groups has been limited and that, for this to change, issues of social inequality must be addressed. - Reproduced.  aParliament  aMacLeod, Iain  aInternational Journal of Public Administration