Article ID: CBB608036589

(Transport) history as policy lab for democratic governance (August 2019)

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In the past decades we witnessed a rise of public participation in transport and land-use projects, and often those practices have been formalised in a solid juridical framework. In the Netherlands and other EU-countries, the cornerstones of this participatory planning framework are the Environmental Impact Study and the Environment Impact Assessment. However, historical appraisals of the impact of these instruments on participatory processes are lacking. Using the case study of the contested Dutch motorway project passing through the Amelisweerd forest (1970s), this paper aims to appraise the role of deliberative democracy concepts and practices. This paper is a plea for a novel academic agenda driven by the research questions: to what extent have participatory processes in transport, land-use and water management policies had an impact on deliberative democracy concepts and practices? Which role did citizens and users have in shaping the decision-making process?

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Authors & Contributors
Henk-Jan Dekker
Lav R. Varshney
Richard Wolfson
Tom Kane
Agnieszka Rychwalska
D. N. M. Starkie
Concepts
Public policy
Technology and government
Governance
Democracy
Citizen participation
Decision making
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Rangoon
Tahrir Square
Nicaragua
Myanmar (Burma)
Institutions
Facebook (firm)
Google (firm)
Twitter (firm)
European Commission
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