Research on participation
What is the purpose of participation? To support democratic values, or to create 'support' for a decision?
This collection contains various studies on participation. What do you learn from participation processes by approaching them as a series of formal and informal conversations? (Tip: Read the thesis 'In conversation or finished talking?') Change rarely happens in harmony. What do we learn when we focus our attention on friction, or conflict? (Tip: Read 'Progress through friction, the sixth edition of the AUAS magazine Bevlogen Stad). And what do changing (power) relations between government and citizens have to do with participation? (Tip: Dive into the Government/Citizen Relationship collection).
