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Disseminating and collecting information: municipalities’ communicative practices and deliberative capacities

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This paper aims to critically explore how citizen dialogues are perceived by the municipalities and public servants who implement them. The question is answered using a multi-method approach: a content analysis of 213 self-reports on citizen dialogues from Swedish municipalities and 11 in-depth interviews with public servants working with citizen dialogues in a Swedish municipality. The findings show that citizen dialogues were thought of along three main narratives: information gathering, informing, and inclusion. Together, these narratives indicated a will to enhance informed decision-making. However, combining informed decision-making is with broad participation poses challenges; the authority had to delimit participation, establish structures, educate, define citizens and adapt existing working methods to external stakeholders. The three narratives address this adaptation.

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  • André Baltz, 2022. "Disseminating and collecting information: municipalities’ communicative practices and deliberative capacities," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(1), pages 48-67, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:flgsxx:v:48:y:2022:i:1:p:48-67
    DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2021.1909575
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    1. Giovanni Esposito & Andrea Felicetti & Andrea Terlizzi, 2023. "Participatory governance in megaprojects: the Lyon–Turin high-speed railway among structure, agency, and democratic participation," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 42(2), pages 259-273.

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