Connelly, S. orcid.org/0000-0003-1758-0366, Bryant, M. and Sharp, L. (2020) Creating legitimacy for citizen initiatives: representation, identity and strategic networking. Planning Theory & Practice, 21 (3). pp. 392-409. ISSN 1464-9357
Abstract
Citizen-led initiatives raise practical and theoretical questions about the criteria by which their democratic legitimacy should be judged. While existing analytical and normative frameworks are problematically based on a `state'/`citizen' binary, a network ontology which sees these as strategically-deployed constructs is more practically adequate for analysis. We demonstrate this through a case of a successful citizen initiative, and conclude that such analysis should examine processes of strategic networking, along with claims and constructions of representation and identity. This means not taking participants' categories, identities, and evaluations for granted, and privileging the possibility of challenge as a fundamental democratic criterion.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Citizen initiatives; legitimacy; representation; identity; strategic networking |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/F007388/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2020 08:04 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2021 17:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14649357.2020.1776892 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:161917 |
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