Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

With and beyond the state — co-production as a route to political influence, power and transformation for grassroots organizations

Bibliographic Data

ID12242007
AuthorsDiana Mitlin (0000-0002-8811-6440, ED, 3 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0DD, UK, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume20
Issue2
Pages339-360
Publication date2008-09-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Urbanization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0956247808096117
OpenAlexW2131242920
LanguageEN
Citations received238
References cited44

This paper reviews the use of co-production — with state and citizens working together — as a grassroots strategy to secure political influence and access resources and services. To date, the literature on social movements has concentrated on more explicitly political strategies used by such movements to contest for power and influence. Co-production, when considered, is viewed as a strategy used by citizens and the state to extend access to basic services with relatively little consideration given to its wider political ramifications. However, co-production is used increasingly by grassroots organizations and federations as part of an explicit political strategy. This paper examines the use of co-productive strategies by citizen groups and social movement organizations to enable individual members and their associations to secure effective relations with state institutions that address both immediate basic needs and enable them to negotiate for greater benefits

Business · CONTEST · Economic system · Economics · Grassroots · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Production (economics · Public relations · Social movement · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Urban Planning and Governance

  • Can Spatial Planning Be Transformative? Regenerating the Commons and Commoning Regeneration

    Open Access•Eleonora Gregori Ferri, Elena Ferri et al.•International Journal of the…•2026

  • Co-production and informal settlement redevelopment

    Open Access•Gideon Abagna Azunre•Geoforum•2026

  • Local Activism in Urban Neighborhood Governance

    Open Access•Aya Elwageeh•Architecture and the Built…•2023

  • Coproducing flood risk management through citizen involvement

    Open Access•Hannelore Mees, Ann Crabbé et al.•Conservation Ecology•2016

  • Innovating Relationships

    Rob Wilson, Gregory Maniatopoulos et al.•Information Communication & Society•2012

  • Political Factors in the Growth of Social Assistance

    Armando Barrientos, Sony Pellissery•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • The Gendered Politics of Securing Inclusive Development

    Sohela Nazneen, Simeen Mahmud•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • Governing Natural Resources for Inclusive Development

    Anthony J Bebbington, Anthony Bebbington•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • The Political Determinants of Economic Growth

    Kunal Sen•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • Exploring the Politics of Inclusive Development

    Open Access•Sam Hickey, Kunal Sen et al.•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • Ethnicity, State Capacity, and Development

    Prerna Singh, M Vom Hau•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • The Politics—and Process—of Rule of Law Systems in Developmental States

    Open Access•Deval Desai, Michael Woolcock•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • China in Africa

    Giles Mohan•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • The Politics of What Works for the Poor in Public Expenditure and Taxation

    Paul Mosley•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • The Politics of Aid Revisited

    Arjan De Haan, Ward Warmerdam•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • The Politics of What Works in Service Delivery

    Claire Mcloughlin•Politics of Inclusive Development•2014

  • Strategic Planning as Governance of Long-Lasting Transformative Practices

    Open Access•Louis Albrechts•Human Smart Cities•2016

  • ‘The planned city sweeps the poor away…’

    Open Access•Watson, Vanessa Watson•Progress in Planning•2009

  • Co-production and collaboration in planning – The difference

    Watson, Vanessa Watson•Planning Theory & Practice•2014

  • From Citizen Control to Co-Production

    Jeffrey Rosen, Jovanna Rosen et al.•Journal of the American Planning…•2019

  • Urbanization and its implications for food and farming

    Open Access•David Satterthwaite, Gordon Mcgranahan et al.•Philosophical Transactions of the…•2010

  • (Co)-Contamination as the Dark Side of Co-Production

    Brian N Williams, Seong C Kang et al.•Public Management Review•2016

  • The Role of NGOs and Civil Society in Development and Poverty Reduction

    Open Access•Nicola Banks, David Hulme•SSRN Electronic Journal•2012

  • Experiences of Urban Environmental Vulnerability

    Open Access•Kelly J Anderson•Annals of the American…•2026

  • Challenges in managing public spaces in work unit communities in China

    Open Access•Sheng Song, Krzysztof Nawratek et al.•Journal of Urban Management•2026

  • Research on the Community Co-Production Practices

    Open Access•Qunhui ZHAO, Kunpeng Zhou et al.•Landscape Architecture Frontiers•2020

  • Traditional authorities and co-production in community development in northern Ghana

    Open Access•Frederick Der Bebelleh•SN Social Sciences•2021

  • Housing movements and formal–informal planning practices in metropolitan Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Open Access•Mohammed Abubakari•SN Social Sciences•2022

  • Governing Urban Resettlement

    Open Access•Tamoghna Mondal•ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and…•2023

  • Disassembling the Urban

    Open Access•Karen Coelho, Amita Bhide et al.•Urbanisation•2020

  • Local solutions for local problems

    Open Access•Keratiloe Mogotsi, Nicole Baron•Cogent Social Sciences•2025

  • Kooperation, Koproduktion und Widerstand

    Open Access•Nicole Baron•Forschungsjournal Soziale…•2024

  • Co-Production Between Insurgency and Exploitation

    Open Access•Sophie Schramm•Urban Planning•2024

  • Temporal Dynamics of Power Distribution in Mobile Urban Co-Policies

    Open Access•Laura Sobral, Predrag Milić et al.•Urban Planning•2025

  • Exploring co-production in redirecting climate urbanism

    Anjali Karol Mohan, Gayathri Muraleedharan•Climate and Development•2025

  • Planning as polycentric

    Open Access•Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah•Planning Theory•2023

  • « Nous l’avons fait nous-mêmes »

    Pablo Vega Centeno, Pablo Vega-Centeno et al.•Flux•2025

  • Waste Pickers and Their Practices of Insurgency and Environmental Stewardship

    Open Access•Jutta Gutberlet, Santiago Sorroche et al.•The Journal of Environment &…•2021

  • How is urban co-production conveyed in European cities

    Francesca Bragaglia, U Janin Rivolin et al.•European Planning Studies•2024

  • Overcoming the limitations to co-production in shrinking cities

    Open Access•Anastasiya Matyushkina, Solène Le Borgne et al.•European Planning Studies•2024

  • Regional planning strategies

    Open Access•Aksel Hagen, Ulla Higdem•European Planning Studies•2024

  • Co-production to reframe state practices in informal settlements

    Mercy Brown-Luthango, Wilmot Arendse•Development Southern Africa•2023

  • The politics of participation in post-disaster planning

    Michael Hooper•Town Planning Review•2020

  • Guerrilla urbanism, guerrilla governance

    Patricia Canelas, Idalina Baptista•Town Planning Review•2021

  • Collaboratively engineering for justice in sixth grade STEM

    Open Access•Angela Calabrese Barton, Kathleen Schenkel et al.•Journal of Research in Science…•2021

  • Mismatches in stakeholder communication

    Open Access•S N Kinawy, Sherif Kinawy et al.•Sustainable Cities and Society•2017

  • Polymorphic grassroots networks and implications for disaster resilience in popular settlements in Sierra Leone, India and Kenya

    Open Access•Beatrice Hati•Environment and Urbanization•2025

  • Contention, Collaboration, and Subversion

    Open Access•Nicole Baron•Urban Forum•2025

  • Efficacy in Action

    Open Access•Wayne Shand•Urban Forum•2018

  • Co-production as an Alternative Planning Approach in the Cities of the South

    Open Access•Gilbert Siame•Urban Forum•2018

  • Towards Facilitative and Pro-poor Land-Use Management in South African Urban Areas

    Open Access•Tristan Görgens, Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens et al.•Urban Forum•2013

  • Experimentation in an African Neighborhood

    Open Access•Kareem Buyana, Disan Byarugaba et al.•Urban Forum•2019

  • Slum Planning Schemes

    Open Access•Bimal N Patel, Bimal Patel et al.•Environment and Urbanization Asia•2011

  • Decentring Poverty, Reworking Government

    Anthony J Bebbington, Diana Mitlin et al.•The Journal of Development Studies•2010

  • From Social Accountability to a New Social Contract? The Role of NGOs in Protecting and Empowering PLHIV in Uganda

    Badru Bukenya•The Journal of Development Studies•2016

  • Cities and Social Progress

    Sassen, Saskia Sassen et al.•Rethinking Society for the 21st…•2018

  • Necropolítica de vivienda

    Open Access•Eva Álvarez-de Andrés•EURE (Santiago•2020

  • From Mexico to Vietnam, Fieldwork as a Method

    Open Access•Jean-Claude Bolay, Jean‐claude Bolay•Current Urban Studies•2025

  • A socio-natural standpoint to understand coproduction of water, energy and waste services

    Luisa Moretto, Marco Ranzato•Urban Research & Practice•2017

  • The co-production of a constant water supply in Mumbai’s middle-class apartments

    Cat Button•Urban Research & Practice•2017

  • When urban modernisation entails service delivery co-production

    Catalina Duque Gómez, Sylvy Jaglin•Urban Research & Practice•2017

  • ‘Co-producing affordability’ to the electricity service

    Francesca Pilo•Urban Research & Practice•2017

  • Water trajectories through non-networked infrastructure

    Open Access•Adriana Allen, Pascale Hofmann et al.•Urban Research & Practice•2017

  • Between coproduction and commons

    Sören Becker, M Naumann et al.•Urban Research & Practice•2017

  • Identifying future research directions for biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainability

    Open Access•Md Sarwar Hossain, Sarah J Pogue et al.•International Journal of…•2018

  • Oceans of Conflict

    Open Access•Ralph Tafon, Bruce Glavovic et al.•Planning Practice and Research•2022

  • Why multi-stakeholder practices don’t work

    Daniela De Leo, Sara Altamore•Planning Practice and Research•2023

  • Contrer la précarité par la sécurisation foncière et la légalisation

    Agnès Deboulet•Tiers-Monde•2011

  • Las desigualdades en el acceso al agua en ciudades latinoamericanas de rápido crecimiento

    Open Access•Luis Zapana, Luis Zapana-Churata et al.•Revista de geografía Norte Grande•2021

  • Planning after the fact

    Open Access•Noor Mazhar•Planning Perspectives•2026

  • La co-production, une nouvelle démarche pour le développement de la ville de Tunis

    Olfa Ben Medien•Afrique en mouvement•2025

  • Coproduction of community public service

    Shihong Weng, Yunxiang Zhang•Journal of Chinese Governance•2020

  • Integrating coproduction theory into voluntary sector theories

    Beth Gazley, Yuan Cheng•Journal of Chinese Governance•2019

  • Introduction. Coproduire la ville « par le bas », perspectives franco-brésiliennes

    Agnès Deboulet, Pedro Gomes et al.•Participations•2025

  • Urban Communities, Housing Commons, and Real Estate Investment

    Open Access•Claire Simonneau, Serigne Mansour Tall et al.•International Journal of the…•2025

  • Planning and the 'stubborn realities' of global south-east cities

    Open Access•Watson, Vanessa Watson•Planning Theory•2012

  • Innovation in strategic planning

    Open Access•Elena Ostanel•Planning Theory•2023

  • Les détritus de la ville

    Open Access•Andrea Bortolotti, Laurie Guérif•Brussels Studies•2021

  • Refuse of the city

    Open Access•Andrea Bortolotti•Brussels Studies•2021

  • Afval van de stad

    Open Access•Andrea Bortolotti, Annelies Verbiest•Brussels Studies•2021

  • Co-producing inclusive city-wide sanitation strategies

    Open Access•Evans Banana, Beth Chitekwe-Biti et al.•Environment and Urbanization•2015

  • Inclusive urbanization

    Open Access•Gordon Mcgranahan, Daniel Schensul et al.•Environment and Urbanization•2016

  • One step forward, two steps back? Shifting patterns of participation in a former informal settlement in Mexico City

    Open Access•Taru Silvonen•Environment and Urbanization•2021

  • Co-producing knowledge to address disaster risks in informal settlements in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open Access•Cassidy Johnson, Emmanuel Osuteye et al.•Environment and Urbanization•2022

  • Making spaces for co-production

    Open Access•Wayne Shand•Environment and Urbanization•2018

  • Promoting workplace health and safety in urban public space

    Open Access•Laura Alfers, Phumzile Xulu et al.•Environment and Urbanization•2016

  • Enabling participatory planning to be scaled in exclusionary urban political environments

    Open Access•Philipp Horn•Environment and Urbanization•2021

  • Sharing reflections on inclusive sanitation

    Open Access•Evans Banana, Patrick Chiza Chikoti et al.•Environment and Urbanization•2015

  • Challenges of water and sanitation service co-production in the global South

    Open Access•Luisa Moretto, Giuseppe Faldi et al.•Environment and Urbanization•2018

  • Mapping participatory planning in Havana

    Open Access•Catalina Ortiz, Alejandro Vallejo et al.•Environment and Urbanization•2021

  • Traits of Volunteer Water Monitoring Programs that Influence Natural Resource Management and Policy Impacts

    Kristine F Stepenuck, Kenneth Genskow et al.•Society & Natural Resources•2018

  • Cooperative extension and food system change

    Open Access•Jill K Clark, Molly Bean et al.•Agriculture and Human Values•2016

  • Urbanization beyond the Metropolis

    Open Access•Gregory F Randolph, Chandan Deuskar•Journal of Planning Education and…•2020

  • Technologies of inclusion in the frontier of urban renewal

    H Maroufi, Fatemeh Baratzadeh et al.•Journal of Urban Affairs•2023

  • Exploring local activism in the neighborhoods of Cairo

    Open Access•Aya Elwageeh, Reinout Kleinhans et al.•Journal of Urban Affairs•2022

  • Toward supported self-provisioning

    E Bandauko, Brandon Marc Finn•Journal of Urban Affairs•2025

  • Collective action and co‐production of public services as alternative politics

    Open Access•Niva Golan‐nadir, Tom Christensen•Australian Journal of Public…•2023

  • Insurgent Co ‐ Production

    Open Access•Hayden Shelby•International Journal of Urban…•2024

  • Knowing Like a Movement

    Open Access•Alejandra Cueto•International Journal of Urban…•2025

  • Traditional Governance in the Coproduction of Urban Resilience

    Open Access•Alejandro Rivero‐Villar, Antonio Vieyra•International Journal of Urban…•2025

  • The Challenge of Slums

    Open Access•Un-Habitat Un-Habitat, UN‐Habitat UN‐Habitat•Management of Environmental…•2004

  • Co-production, the third sector and the delivery of public services

    Taco Brandsen, Victor Pestoff•Public Management Review•2006

  • Membership Based Organizations of the Poor

    MARTHA CHEN, Martha Alter Chen et al.•Membership Based Organizations Of…•2007

  • Environment and Urbanization

    Open Access•Matthew Thomas Clement•The Blackwell Encyclopedia of…•2015

  • Institutionalised Co-production

    Anuradha Joshi, Mick Moore•The Journal of Development Studies•2004

  • Michel Foucault

    Hubert L Dreyfus, Michel Foucault et al.•Michel Foucault•1983

  • From urban social movements to urban movements

    Open Access•Chris Pickvance•International Journal of Urban…•2003

  • Windhoek, Namibia

    Diana Mitlin, Anna Müller•International Development…•2004

  • Securing inclusion

    Open Access•Anna Müller, Diana Mitlin•Environment and Urbanization•2007

  • Tenant today, posseiro tomorrow”

    Open Access•Ronnie Barbosa, Yves Cabannes et al.•Environment and Urbanization•1997

  • Financing the sanitation programme of the Orangi Pilot Project—Research and Training Institute in Pakistan

    Open Access•Arif Hasan•Environment and Urbanization•2008

  • The Urban Resource Centre, Karachi

    Open Access•Arif Hasan•Environment and Urbanization•2007

  • Beyond evictions in a global city

    Open Access•Sheela Patel, Celine D’Cruz et al.•Environment and Urbanization•2002

  • Community police stations in Mumbai's slums

    Open Access•Anusuya Roy, A N Roy et al.•Environment and Urbanization•2004

  • Developing new approaches for people-centred development

    Open Access•Jockin Arputham•Environment and Urbanization•2008

  • Deep democracy

    Open Access•A Appadurai•Environment and Urbanization•2001

  • Mexico's urban popular movements

    Open Access•Pedro Moctezuma•Environment and Urbanization•1990

  • Orangi Pilot Project

    Open Access•Arif Hasan•Environment and Urbanization•2006

  • Out of the frying pan into the fire

    Open Access•Ted Baumann, Joel Bolnick•Environment and Urbanization•2001

  • Community Participation in Urban Sanitation

    Open Access•Earthea Nance, Leonard Ortolano•Journal of Planning Education and…•2007

  • Government action, social capital and development

    Open Access•P Evans•World Development•1996

  • Introduction

    Open Access•P Evans•World Development•1996

  • Urban Poverty

    Open Access•David Satterthwaite•IDS Bulletin•1997

  • Citizenship, affiliation and exclusion

    Open Access•Naila Kabeer•IDS Bulletin•2002

  • The development of a low-income housing finance sector in South Africa

    Open Access•Mary R Tomlinson•Habitat International•2007

  • Making Sense of Social Movements

    Carla M Eastis, N Crossley•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•2003

  • Politics in command

    Adrian Leftwich•New Political Economy•2005

  • Toward a Definition of the Coproduction Concept

    Jeffrey L Brudney, Robert E England•Public Administration Review•1983

  • Coproduction

    Gordon P Whitaker•Public Administration Review•1980

  • Citizen Participation and the Neighborhood Context

    Melissa Marschall, Melissa J Marschall•Political Research Quarterly•2004

  • Consumers as Coproducers of Public Services

    Open Access•Roger B Parks, Paula Baker et al.•Policy Studies Journal•1981

  • Beyond Engagement and Participation

    Open Access•T Bovaird•Public Administration Review•2007

  • Co-Governance for Accountability

    Open Access•John Ackerman•World Development•2004

  • Crossing the great divide

    Open Access•Elinor Ostrom, Элинор Остром•World Development•1996

  • Michel Foucault

    Dominick Lacapra, Hubert L Dreyfus et al.•The American Historical Review•1983

  • New Public Spheres in Brazil

    Open Access•L Avritzer•International Journal of Urban…•2006

  • From Clientelism to Cooperation

    Open Access•Rebecca Abers•Latin American Politics and Society•1998

  • Local Actors in Global Politics

    Open Access•Sassen, Saskia Sassen•Current Sociology•2004

Unique citing works238
Citations per year14
Citation span2009 - 2026 (18)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
Citation typesNeutral: 233
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae