Participatory repertoires for aligning policy and society
An analysis of Dutch stakeholder views on deep geothermal energy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13066112 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tamara Metze (0000-0002-6103-5958, Wageningen University & Research, corresponding author), Jos Van Den Broek (0000-0001-9754-1206), Rinie van Est (0000-0002-3990-3042, Rathenau Instituut), Eefje Cuppen (0000-0002-0400-9542, Leiden University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Pages | 103019-103019 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Energy Research & Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2214-6296 • E-ISSN: 2214-6326 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103019 |
| OpenAlex | W4327630636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 46 |
In a transition to a sustainable energy system, governmental actors initiate participatory processes to gain better insights in questions and concerns of stakeholders, or to create support for decisions. Those participatory activities are embedded in institutionalized and formal decision making procedures. Participatory approaches promise to function as alignment mechanisms between those policies and society. The aim of this paper is to contribute to more successful alignment mechanisms. Based on a thematic analysis of 18 interviews and approximately one hundred policy documents, we relate stakeholders' uncertainties about ultra-deep geothermal energy to their preferred modes of participation. These stakeholders were (in)directly involved in the Dutch Green Deal program, in this case the Green Deal Geothermal Energy in the province North Brabant. Based on the analysis, we identify four participatory storylines and develop a more systemic view on different participatory activities: ‘participatory repertoires’. We conclude that unproductive power-politics between different political-administrative levels, and emerging local and wider publics that hamper alignments, may be prevented. This can be done by prioritizing societal dialogue on normative uncertainties in a range of combinations with local dialogue on normative, conceptual uncertainties, and with national or local joint fact finding on informational uncertainties
Citizen journalism · Normative · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Stakeholder · Stakeholder engagement · Thematic analysis · Law · Risk Perception and Management · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |