Silent Steering: How Public Actors Indirectly Influence Private Stakeholder Engagement
Johanna Järvelä,
Ville-Pekka Sorsa,
Andre Spicer
Abstract:Our understanding of how public actors directly influence stakeholder engagement through mechanisms such as regulation and licensing has been steadily improving. However, the indirect influence of public governance measures on stakeholder engagement remains less explored. This article seeks to bridge this gap by examining how public sector actors use participatory governance to influence private stakeholder engagement beyond public governance processes. We introduce the concept of silent steering to describe h… Show more
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