Evaluating Collaborative (e-)Participation in Climate Protection: Approach and Field Study

Georg Aichholzer (), Doris Allhutter (), Herbert Kubicek () and Stefan Strauß ()
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Georg Aichholzer: Austrian Academy of Sciences
Doris Allhutter: Austrian Academy of Sciences
Herbert Kubicek: University of Bremen
Stefan Strauß: Austrian Academy of Sciences

Chapter 7 in Evaluating e-Participation, 2016, pp 123-143 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents an evaluation approach and its application in the assessment of a collaborative type of (e-)participation with a focus on outcome and impacts. The European research project e2democracy offered the unique opportunity for a comparative, quasi-experimental field study of a set of seven local exercises in three countries with largely identical design. In each region, citizen panels collaborated with local governments on achieving local climate targets over a period of up to 2 years. Common core elements of the participation process characterized by a combination of individual and collective components are explained and their potential effects and impacts are outlined. Checks for alternative explanations of impacts and potential biases caused by Hawthorne effects are addressed as integral parts. It is argued that this evaluation approach, based on a combination of methods and tools, will contribute to closing the evaluation gap in the practice of public (e-)participation.

Keywords: Citizen Participation; Climate Protection; Participation Exercise; Participation Process; Climate Target (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25403-6_7

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