Cited by 182Urban Planning and GovernanceFrench Urban and Social StudiesHistorical Geography and Geographical Thought

Spatialising Participatory Approaches: The Contribution of Geography to a Mature Debate

Kesby, Mike·2007·Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space

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This paper explores the contribution that geographers can make to debates about the nature and utility of participatory approaches. It argues for a constructive reconciliation between these approaches and the growing poststructural critique of participation. Through an examination of the similarities and entanglements between power and empowerment it highlights the centrality of geographical issues to understanding how participation works and how its resources might be distanciated beyond the arenas of participatory projects to produce empowering effects elsewhere.

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  • Some research settings in which participatory research is being conducted may lack a deliberative democracy culture or structures.

    “Specifically, some research settings in which participatory research is being conducted may lack a deliberative democracy culture or structures (Kesby, 2007).”

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Authors
Kesby, M.
Affiliations
University of St Andrews (GB)
Corresponding author
Kesby, Mike
Venue
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
Published
2007-12
Volume
39
Issue
12
Pages
2813-2831
ISSN
  • 0308-518X (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-3409
OpenAlex
W2039499477
Cited by
182
References
87
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 17
FWCI
48.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Planning and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › French Urban and Social Studies
  • Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
Keywords
participatory approach, power and empowerment, empowerment, participatory projects

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