SCHEDLER, Petra <br/><br/>
Communicating policy in late modern society :  on the boundaries of interactive policy making 

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> This article focuses on the implications of interactive policy making for the construction of communicative practices and for the communication professionals involved. In a global society  characterised by cross-border networks and mobility, it is not likely that interactive policy making  will be able to procure the long-term, localised investments and engagament of all the relevant stakeholders that it aims ofr. This is all the more so, since regioal and national governments are losing many of their discretionary powers and are witnessing the gradual erosion of their legitimacy. The authors conclude taht developments within this context ask for a different concptualisation. Finally, since interactive policy making is not a neutral practice, they make a plea for a critical and reflexive approach