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Gothenburg's principles for citizen dialogue: democratic greenwashing or model for Sweden? : An evaluation of participatory power within Gothenburg's citizen dialogue framework

Sweden’s association for local authorities and Regions (SKR) has issued guidance to further institutionalise and systematise citizen dialogue in Swedish municipalities and regions. Gothenburg has ramped up citizen dialogue, particularly since the adoption of 7 principles for citizen dialogue in 2014. Since then, citizen dialogue has been developed using new methods to expand representation, engaging more citizens as well as to collect different new forms of knowledge. 7 interviewees working with citizen dialogue in various ways were interviewed to see their perceptions on citizen dialogue and to use those perceptions to analyse how the balance of power rests within the city of Gothenburg based on power and knowledge use as well as to what degree citizens participation in planning has improved since the adoption of the principles

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-68394
Date January 2024
CreatorsRanders Anderton, Asger
PublisherMalmö universitet, Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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