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Introduction: Embedding participatory governance
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This symposium examines the challenges and opportunities of recent efforts at embedding participatory governance. It draws together original research that engages theoretically and empirically with some fundamental questions:•What are the challenges of embedding participatory governance in policy-making?•What happens when social movements have opportunities to shape the institutionalization of PG processes? Can they reanimate the radical potential of citizen participation for social transformation?•How can the tensions between the different demands of lay citizens, organized civil society, political parties, and public officials be managed?In this introductory article, we provide a definition of embeddedness, outlining its spatial, temporal, and practices dimensions, in so doing distinguishing embeddedness from institutionalization, with which it has often been used interchangeably. Our aim is to delineate the breadth of the concept, drawing together its many uses into a systematic framework that can both guide future research and practical experimentation. In particular, our hope is to turn more attention to the informal practices that are essential for embedding. The contributions to the symposium shift attention from institutional design to embedding dynamics and how these work to open or close spaces for meaningful citizen input.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bussu, S., Bua, A., Dean, R., & Smith, G.
- Affiliations
- Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)
- Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- University of Westminster (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Bussu, Sonia
- Venue
- Critical Policy Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2022-03-20
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 133-145
- ISSN
- 1946-0171 (ISSN-L)
- 1946-018X
- OpenAlex
- W4220920390
- Cited by
- 144
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 45 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 4
- FWCI
- 80.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Critical Policy Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- e-space (Manchester Metropolitan University) (acceptedVersion)
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- Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University) (submittedVersion)
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- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Keywords
- participatory governance, embeddedness, institutionalization, citizen participation, social movements, policy making, civil society, political parties, public officials, informal practices, social change, institutional design
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