How participation creates citizens: Participatory governance as performative practice

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Turnhout, Esther ^a   Van Bommel, Severine ^a   Aarts, Noelle ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Environmental governance; Nature conservation policy; Participation; Performance; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

DRENTHE; DRENTSCHE AA NATIONAL PARK; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78651502352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03701-150426     Document Type: Article

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