Modelling the Impact of Community Engagement on Local Democracy

Rhys Andrews and David Turner
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Rhys Andrews: Centre for Local and Regional Government Research, Cardiff University
David Turner: Department of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire

Local Economy, 2006, vol. 21, issue 4, 378-390

Abstract: English local authorities are expected to promote ‘effective community engagement’. The ways in which they can do this are various, ranging from the provision of information to direct involvement in decision-making. This paper focuses on the impact of adopting different types of community engagement strategy on local democracy. Two principal types of community engagement strategy are identified: consumerist and participatory, and their potential for encouraging effective engagement is discussed, before their implications for local democracy are modelled. The paper argues that the relative priority accorded to different types of community engagement are likely to cause local democracy to evolve towards consumer, stakeholder, radical or citizen-centred democracy.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1080/02690940600951956

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