Understanding participatory governance arrangements in urban politics: idealist and cynical perspectives on the politics of citizen dialogues in Göteborg, Sweden

Urban Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 238-254

  Tahvilzadeh, Nazem ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

citizen participation; deliberation; G teborg; participatory governance; policy; Sweden; urban politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931560909     PISSN: 17535069     EISSN: 17535077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2015.1050210     Document Type: Article

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