Challenges of Citizen Participation in Infrastructure Policy‐Making in Multi‐Level Systems—The Case of Onshore Wind Energy Expansion in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13105134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cornelia Fraune (0000-0002-7554-7225, corresponding author), Michèle Knodt (0000-0001-6055-4281) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 256-273 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Policy Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2380-6567 • E-ISSN: 2380-6567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/epa2.1022 |
| OpenAlex | W2917879071 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 23 |
The German Energy Transition is one of the most important and largest infrastructure projects and one of the most significant challenges to German policy‐making. Empirical studies provide evidence for the notion that participation in the decision making process shapes local acceptance of renewable energy technology expansion. In the context of the German Energy Transition, the emphasis on participation in decision making processes seems to involve a paradox. Many different participatory measures have been implemented but many renewable energy projects do not reach a decent level of acceptability. In utilizing the concept of throughput legitimacy, we show that a major threat to legitimacy lies in the incoherent way conventional and unconventional forms of citizen participation are implemented at different scales. According to our analysis, the main challenges are to enable multi‐level participation and to transfer deliberative outcome to the representative system. In referring to innovative democratic procedures in Brazil, we present characteristics and features of participatory measures that may solve these challenges
Business · Citizen journalism · Citizen science · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Economics · Energy policy · Energy transition · Environmental economics · Geography · German · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Renewable energy · Wind power · Computer Science · Engineering · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Democratic Control and Legitimacy of Finnish European Union Policy Process in Crisis Test
“Stop talking around projects and talk about solutions”
The game of energy transition
Mapping institutional change
Infrastructure Policy Between Regional Interests and Societal Goals
Appraising Policies Through Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation
What Political Settings Promote Renewable Energy Investments by Energy Utilities?—A Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Swiss Cantons
From the Change of the Pattern to the Change in the Pattern. The Trilateral Game in the Italian Intergovernmental Relations
Problem‐Solving Across Literatures
Conditions for just offshore wind energy
Sustainable energy transformations in an age of populism, post-truth politics, and local resistance
Participation in Energy Transitions
Elitism, trust, opinion leadership and politics in social protests in Germany
Including young people, cutting time and producing useful outcomes
Fostering justice through engagement
Who shapes the energy transition? National regulatory styles and societal involvement in renewable energy policy
How (not) to solve local conflicts around alternative energy production
Conceptualizing throughput legitimacy
Retracted
Digital co-creation in urban mobility planning
Global warming and polarization. Wind turbines and the electoral success of the greens and the populist radical right
Mutual and Self Perceptions of Opposing Advocacy Coalitions
Public acceptance and preferences related to renewable energy and grid expansion policy
From social ‘acceptance’ to social ‘acceptability’ of wind energy projects
Democracy and the Limits of Self-Government
Bürgerproteste in Zeiten der Energiewende
Testing the value of public participation in Germany
The squared circle of participatory democracy
Just a talking shop? – Informal participatory spatial planning for implementing state wind energy targets in Germany
Against the wind
Democracy in Area-Based Policy Networks
Citizen Movements and Technological Policymaking in Germany
Democracy and Legitimacy in the European Union Revisited
The dilemmas of pursuing ‘throughput legitimacy’ through participatory mechanisms
Are innovative, participatory and deliberative procedures in policy making democratic and effective
Democratization as Deliberative Capacity Building
| Unique citing works | 22 |
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| Citations per year | 2,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |