Citizen dialogue for whom? Competing rationalities in urban planning, the case of Gothenburg, Sweden
Open Access
- 12 February 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Urban Research & Practice
- Vol. 12 (3), 230-246
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2018.1436721
Abstract
This paper analyses citizen dialogue in urban planning from a governmentality perspective. We focus on (1) how motives and goals connected to ‘citizen dialogue’ and the activities and practices initiated to accomplish these can be understood in light of competing rationalities and (2) how public officials and other actors involved in organising citizen dialogues understand and manage the tensions between competing rationalities. The analysis draws on a case study of urban development in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. We suggest a critical approach to the use of citizen dialogue as a technology of government, an approach enabling an analysis of various functions and implications of citizen dialogues.Keywords
Funding Information
- Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (2013:1282)
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