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The limits to local participation and deliberation in the French ‘politique de la ville’
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In this paper, the politique de la ville (a public policy initiative targeting impoverished urban areas) has constituted one of the main sources of renewal of the discourse concerning social participation.Abstract:
. Over the past twenty years in France, the politique de la ville (a public policy initiative targeting impoverished urban areas) has constituted one of the main sources of renewal of the discourse concerning social participation. This article looks at whether it has led to a genuine democratisation of policy making. The following four questions are discussed: Have participatory procedures improved the efficiency of public policy? Have they fostered the strengthening of the social bond? Has setting up new procedures improved deliberation between political and nonpolitical actors? And has this new policy generated a renewal of local elites and modified the decision-making process? The authors conclude that these different attempts have had only a very limited impact.read more
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The democratic challenges and potential of localism: insights from deliberative democracy
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Participation and democratic theory
TL;DR: In this article, the sence of political efficacy and participation in the workplace is discussed. But it is not discussed in detail, and the authors do not discuss the role of workers' self-management in this process.
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Du gouvernement des villes à la gouvernance urbaine
TL;DR: Le Gales et al. as discussed by the authors discuss the use of the concept of gouvernance and its application in the analysis and discussion of relations between the Etat and the gouvernement local.
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Cooperative forms of governance: Problems of democratic accountability in complex environments
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on issues of democratic accountability and responsiveness with these governance arrangements, arguing that until recently the legitimacy of governance networks was not at the forefront of theoretical developments, even though the "democratic deficit" of governance is problematic both for normative and for pragmatic reasons.
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Gestion de proximité et démocratie participative
TL;DR: In France, la dynamique locale de la politique de la ville est poussee par l'Etat; aux Etats-Unis, le mouvement communautaire cree ses propres institutions de lutte contre la pauvrete; au Bresil, le budget participatif de la Ville de Porto Alegre constitue une ecole de democratie.