Local Participatory Governance and Representative Democracy - Institutional Dilemmas in European Cities

List of contents

1. Representative Democracy and the Problem of Institutionalizing Local Participatory Governance
Nils Hertting and Clarissa Kugelberg
2. Tricky for Good Reasons: Institutionalizing Local Participatory Governance in Representative Democracy
Marianne Danielsson, Nils Hertting and Erik-Hans Klijn
3. Participatory Governance and the Need for an Analysis Inspired by
Ethnography. Two Dialogue Meetings
Clarissa Kugelberg
4. A Trojan Horse in the Representative System: Participatory Governance
in Rotterdam and the Redevelopment of the Fenix Storehouses
Lieselot Vandenbussche and Jasper Eshuis
5. Participatory Governance as an Embryonic Opportunity Structure: The
Case of the Young Adult Center in Northern Botkyrka
Clarissa Kugelberg
6. Residents’ Participation Under Representative Rule: The Redefinition of
Public Comments on Municipal Action Through the Promotion of "Participatory
Democracy"
Virginie Anquetin
7. Institutionalization of Local Participatory Governance in France, The
Netherlands and Sweden: Three Arguments Reconsidered
Nils Hertting and Erik-Hans Klijn

About the author

Nils Hertting is Associate Professor in Political Science at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF) and the Department of Government at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Clarissa Kugelberg is Associate Professor in Cultural Anthropology at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF) at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Summary

This edited volume addresses the matter of institutionalization, highlighting the difficulties associated with establishing stability and a shared understanding of the roles and rules among citizens, local politicians and administrators in participatory arrangements.

Product details

• Authors: Nils (Uppsala University Hertting, Nils Kugelberg Hertting
• Assisted by: Nils Hertting (Editor), Nils (Uppsala University Hertting (Editor), Clarissa Kugelberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138203662
• ISBN: 978-1-138-20366-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management; Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Europe, Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local, Interdisciplinary studies, Urban communities, Public ownership / nationalization, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government