‘Governance without governance’<sup>1</sup>: how nature policy was democratized in the Netherlands

Turnhout, Esther; Zouwen, M.W. van der

doi:10.1080/19460171.2010.525899

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“…It is based on literature (e.g. Beunen et al, 2013;Buijs et al, 2011;Turnhout and van der Zouwen, 2010;Van Der Windt, 2012), document analyses , interviews with employees of nature conservation organizations, informant talks with governmental officials, participation of the authors in several workshops on the topic, consultancy research for the Dutch environmental planning agency (Arnouts et al, 2012), and membership of one of the authors in an official advisory committee for the new Dutch Law and policy on nature conservation (RLI, 2013). The discourses we distinguish are also based on formal discourse analyse of Dutch media and policy documents between 2008 and 2012 (Buijs et al, 2012).…”

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“The man, the administration and the counter-discourse”: An analysis of the sudden turn in Dutch nature conservation policy

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“…To date, although there are studies that examined the effectiveness of CSOs in promoting Citizen Participation in developing countries (Cornwall & Coelho, ; Rafique & Khoo, ; Turnhout, Van Bommel, & Aarts, ; Turnhout & Van der Zouwen, ) these studies are not based on concrete evidence. Further in Pakistan's case, the literature is further scarce.…”

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Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study

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Nikku

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Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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This paper analyses the extent to which the civil society organizations (CSOs) have influenced the decision-making of the local government toward the needs and priorities of citizens. In development discourse, civil society organizations hold a significant importance as they are deemed to provide holistic and new ways to ensure participatory local governance. Therefore, their role against the backdrop of their involvement in mobilizing citizens' involvement and influencing decision-making in Pakistan calls for further research. This paper aims to fill this gap. Using qualitative research methods, the current paper appraises the role of CSOs in mobilizing public involvement in the decision-making process of local government institutions of Punjab, Pakistan. The paper finds that the effectiveness of CSOs is very low due to various institutional and political constraints. Motivations for CSOs seeking citizen involvement have been instrumental in nature rather than motivated by participatory principles.

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“…Current Dutch nature policy has clearly been inspired by these ambitions (Turnhout and Van der Zouwen 2010). While the 1990 policy plan was characterized by a top down approach (Aarts and Van Woerkum 1999) and a dominance of ecological expertise (Turnhout 2003), the current policy plan http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss4/art26/ emphasizes the importance of public support and takes individual preferences and perspectives on nature into account.…”

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How Participation Creates Citizens: Participatory Governance as Performative Practice

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ABSTRACT. Participation is a prominent feature of many decision-making and planning processes. Among its proclaimed benefits is its potential to strengthen public support and involvement. However, participation is also known for having unintended consequences which lead to failures in meeting its objectives. This article takes a critical perspective on participation by discussing how participation may influence the ways in which citizens can become involved. Participation unavoidably involves (1) restrictions about who should be involved and about the space for negotiation, (2) assumptions about what the issue at stake is, and (3) expectations about what the outcome of participation should be and how the participants are expected to behave. This is illustrated by a case study about the Dutch nature area, the Drentsche Aa. The case study demonstrates how the participatory process that took place and the restrictions, assumptions, and expectations that were involved resulted in six forms of citizen involvement, both intended and unintended, which ranged between creativity, passivity, and entrenchment. Based on these findings, the article argues that participation does not merely serve as a neutral place in which citizens are represented, but instead creates different categories of citizens. Recognizing this means reconceiving participation as performative practice. Such a perspective goes beyond overly optimistic views of participation as a technique whose application can be perfected, as well as pessimistic views of participation as repression or domination. Instead, it appreciates both intended and unintended forms of citizen involvement as meaningful and legitimate, and recognizes citizenship as being constituted in interaction in the context of participation.

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‘Governance without governance’¹: how nature policy was democratized in the Netherlands

Cited by 15 publications

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“The man, the administration and the counter-discourse”: An analysis of the sudden turn in Dutch nature conservation policy

“The man, the administration and the counter-discourse”: An analysis of the sudden turn in Dutch nature conservation policy

Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study

How Participation Creates Citizens: Participatory Governance as Performative Practice

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‘Governance without governance’1: how nature policy was democratized in the Netherlands

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“The man, the administration and the counter-discourse”: An analysis of the sudden turn in Dutch nature conservation policy

“The man, the administration and the counter-discourse”: An analysis of the sudden turn in Dutch nature conservation policy

Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study

How Participation Creates Citizens: Participatory Governance as Performative Practice

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‘Governance without governance’¹: how nature policy was democratized in the Netherlands