In recent years the term 'energy democracy'has become increasingly popular, especially in
the context of aspirations for a low-carbon transition that include wider socio-economic and …

This paper reviews the various connections that can exist between the design of
participatory processes and the different kind of results that they can entail. It details how …

'Public engagement with science'has become a 'buzzword'reflecting a concern about the
widening gap between science and society and efforts to bridge this gap. This study is a …

Citizen participation has undergone a radical shift since anxieties about" bowling alone"
seized the nation in the 1990s. Many pundits and observers have cheered America's twenty …

The framing question for this chapter is: How have both the new participatory turn and
individualisation changed, and how do organisations and movements mobilise participants …

When local governments neglect public services or community priorities, how do concerned
citizens respond? In The Help-Yourself City, Gordon Douglas looks closely at people who …

Most research on participatory processes has stressed the positive effects that these
institutions have in the relationships between public authorities and civil society. This article …

This article provides an explanation for how increased public participation can paradoxically
translate into limited democratic decision-making in urban settings. Recent sociological …

Participatory budgeting (PB) has expanded dramatically in the United States (US) from a
pilot process in Chicago's 49th ward in 2009 to over 50 processes in a dozen cities in 2015 …

Questions increasingly dominant urban planning orthodoxies and whether they truly serve
everyday city dwellers What makes some cities world class? Increasingly, that designation …