TY - CHAP
T1 - Governing Citizen Engagement
T2 - A discourse studies perspective
AU - Lassen, Inger
AU - Horsbøl, Anders
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This chapter sets out to explore tensions between bottom-up and top-down processes from a governmentality perspective. Using a discourse studies approach, we investigate how forms of public participation in a local climate mitigation project can be viewed as an instance of governmentality in the sense of how the conduct of groups and individuals is influenced by other forces and how groups and individuals influence the conduct of others through participation and involvement. This implies that governmentality is analysed as emerging in concrete, situated practices. Simultaneously, we investigate how a governmentality approach may enrich our understanding of public participation, dialogue and involvement, especially on the complex issue of sustainability and climate change mitigation.
AB - This chapter sets out to explore tensions between bottom-up and top-down processes from a governmentality perspective. Using a discourse studies approach, we investigate how forms of public participation in a local climate mitigation project can be viewed as an instance of governmentality in the sense of how the conduct of groups and individuals is influenced by other forces and how groups and individuals influence the conduct of others through participation and involvement. This implies that governmentality is analysed as emerging in concrete, situated practices. Simultaneously, we investigate how a governmentality approach may enrich our understanding of public participation, dialogue and involvement, especially on the complex issue of sustainability and climate change mitigation.
UR - https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/dapsac.66/toc
U2 - 10.1075/dapsac.66.02las
DO - 10.1075/dapsac.66.02las
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9789027206572
T3 - Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture
SP - 73
EP - 94
BT - Studies of Discourse and Governmentality
A2 - McIlvenny, Paul
A2 - Klausen, Julia Zhukova
A2 - Lindegaard, Laura Bang
PB - John Benjamins Publishing Company
CY - Amsterdam
ER -