Participation and urban policy-making in a network society – a theoretical outline on new urban governance
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2016
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Uniwersytet im. A. Mickiewicza w Poznaniu Wydział Nauk Społecznych, Instytut Filozofii UAM
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Society takes place in cities and shapes them. The “city” is
commonly attributed with certain objectified qualities, daily practices,
perceptions and symbolic readings and is strongly linked
to institutional arrangements. As various transformation forces
and processes can be observed in contemporary cities, the question
arises: what instruments and possibilities can be identified for
steering urban structures and development by means of urban policy?
The current shift away from a top-down oriented city administration
and planning towards the participatory governance
suggests that cities are facing new challenges and requirements
that are closely associated with a political dimension. The possibilities
of influencing and steering urban development by urban
planning and policy and participation as one element of those control
options will be discussed in this paper. In order to understand
the role and scope of new urban governance the societal context
that frames contemporary cities will be outlined. Starting from
the characteristics of new urban governance modes it will be discussed
why governance and participation can be understood as
reaction to the network society and its challenges of the established
nation-state based democracy, traditional power relations
and legitimation of political processes and institutions.
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network society, participation, new urban governance modes
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Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2016, Tom 5, Nr 2, s. 87-102.