Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | Bringing power back in : collective and distributive forms of power in public participation |
Authors: | Koch, Philippe |
et. al: | No |
DOI: | 10.1177/0042098013482511 |
Published in: | Urban Studies |
Volume(Issue): | 50 |
Issue: | 14 |
Page(s): | 2976 |
Pages to: | 2992 |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Sage |
ISSN: | 0042-0980 1360-063X |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Urban politics; Participation; Urban development; Werkstadt Basel |
Subject (DDC): | 320: Politics |
Abstract: | Much public participation research is built on the assumption that participatory arrangements empower citizens and disrupt existing power structures. This article challenges that claim. Drawing on one participatory venue considered most likely to empower citizens in Basel, Switzerland, the study shows that meaningful collective power has been conferred to citizens. However, resourceful and organisationally privileged actors have influenced the impact of citizen’s demands on public decision-making in significant ways. The study concludes that the production and implementation of collective power deriving from citizens depends on distributive power sources residing in governments and bureaucracies. As a result, participatory arrangements that aim to direct state action have to conform to some extent to the rules and structures underlying ordinary policy-making. The case study highlights the intertwined relationship of the ‘power to’ and the ‘power over’ and shows how the interplay between these two forms of power places conditions on the empowering potential of participatory arrangements. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/18259 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering |
Organisational Unit: | Institute of Urban Landscape (IUL) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen Architektur, Gestaltung und Bauingenieurwesen |
Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.
Show full item record
Koch, P. (2013). Bringing power back in : collective and distributive forms of power in public participation. Urban Studies, 50(14), 2976–2992. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013482511
Koch, P. (2013) ‘Bringing power back in : collective and distributive forms of power in public participation’, Urban Studies, 50(14), pp. 2976–2992. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013482511.
P. Koch, “Bringing power back in : collective and distributive forms of power in public participation,” Urban Studies, vol. 50, no. 14, pp. 2976–2992, 2013, doi: 10.1177/0042098013482511.
KOCH, Philippe, 2013. Bringing power back in : collective and distributive forms of power in public participation. Urban Studies. 2013. Bd. 50, Nr. 14, S. 2976–2992. DOI 10.1177/0042098013482511
Koch, Philippe. 2013. “Bringing Power Back in : Collective and Distributive Forms of Power in Public Participation.” Urban Studies 50 (14): 2976–92. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013482511.
Koch, Philippe. “Bringing Power Back in : Collective and Distributive Forms of Power in Public Participation.” Urban Studies, vol. 50, no. 14, 2013, pp. 2976–92, https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013482511.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.