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Counter-Governance: Citizen Participation Beyond Collaboration
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Abstract The theory and practice of urban governance in recent years has undergone both a collaborative and participatory turn. The strong connection between collaboration and participation has meant that citizen participation in urban governance has been conceived in a very particular way: as varying levels... view more
The theory and practice of urban governance in recent years has undergone both a collaborative and participatory turn. The strong connection between collaboration and participation has meant that citizen participation in urban governance has been conceived in a very particular way: as varying levels of partnership between state actors and citizens. This over-focus on collaboration has led to: 1) a dearth of proposals in theory and practice for citizens to engage oppositionally with institutions; 2) the miscasting of agonistic opportunities for participation as forms of collaboration; 3) an inability to recognise the irruption of agonistic practices into participatory procedures. This article attempts to expand the conception of participatory urban governance by adapting Rosanvallon's (2008) three democratic counter-powers - prevention, oversight and judgement - to consider options for institutionalising agonistic participatory practices. It argues that these counter-governance processes would more fully realise the inclusion agenda that underpins the participatory governance project.... view less
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
agonism; collaborative governance; counter-democracy; counter-governance; participation; participatory governance; urban governance
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 180-188
Journal
Politics and Governance, 6 (2018) 1
Issue topic
Co-Producing Urban Governance for Social Innovation
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed