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The Participatory Democracy Turn by Laurence Bherer; Pascale Dufour; Françoise Montambeault is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Participatory Democracy Turn about?

Since the 1960s, participatory discourses and techniques have been at the core of decision making processes in a variety of sectors around the world – a phenomenon often referred to as the participatory turn. Over the years, this participatory turn has given birth to a large array of heterogeneous participatory practices developed by a wide variety of organizations and groups, as well as by governments. Among the best-known practices of citizen participation are participatory budgeting, citizen councils, public consultations, etc. However, these experiences are sometimes far from the original 1960s’ radical conception of participatory democracy, which had a transformative dimension and aimed to overcome unequal relationships between the state and society and emancipate and empower citizens in their daily lives. This book addresses four sets of questions: what do participatory practices mean today?; what does it mean to participate for participants, from the perspective of citizenship building?; how the processes created by the participatory turn have affected the way political representation functions?; and does the participatory turn also mean changing relationships and dynamics a

Who reads The Participatory Democracy Turn?

Author

Laurence Bherer; Pascale Dufour; Françoise Montambeault

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781138503267

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences