In the last two decades, the involvement of civil society in policymaking has sought to respond to numerous challenges worldwide. In many cases, participatory processes have provided political agendas with new inputs and enhanced citizenry trust towards elected officials. Zooming in the Mediterranean area, the pervasive crisis of real economy and politics, together with the impact of austerity measures on society, has highlighted the need to tackle new forms of marginalization through participation. The growing commitment with participation has put Lisbon under a new light in the last few years. Looking at the BipZip Programme, launched in 2011 by the Municipality of Lisbon, the intervention on urban areas affected by social, economic and ...
The paper initially emerged from the papers delivered at the first WP14 workshop at UWE in Bristol i...
Public participation is a mainstay of democracy. However, the ways in which it can be understood ine...
The active involvement of European citizens became a new form of democracy in the Treaty of Lisbon o...
In the last two decades, the involvement of civil society in policymaking has sought to respond to n...
Worldwide, participatory processes have expanded by covering a wide range of policy areas, includin...
Citizen participation in policymaking has become a worldwide key reference for the design and implem...
The changing social environment prompted the European Union (EU) to rethink its strategies towards i...
This article is motivated by the recognition of existing gaps between most common participatory prac...
As the European Union has enlarged in terms of its membership, and expanded in terms of its competen...
Over the last 10 years, the European Union has been talking a lot about citizens’ participation, not...
The democratic legitimacy of the European Union has become an increasingly urgent issue. In searchin...
Because representative democracy may be reaching its limits, the EU has turned to participatory demo...
There is a longstanding debate on the EU’s democratic deficit. Recently, the EU has responded to thi...
Com base nalguns resultados preliminares de um inquérito aos municípios portugueses, este artigo dis...
This article is based upon work from COST Action ‘Constitution-making and deliberative democracy’ (C...
The paper initially emerged from the papers delivered at the first WP14 workshop at UWE in Bristol i...
Public participation is a mainstay of democracy. However, the ways in which it can be understood ine...
The active involvement of European citizens became a new form of democracy in the Treaty of Lisbon o...
In the last two decades, the involvement of civil society in policymaking has sought to respond to n...
Worldwide, participatory processes have expanded by covering a wide range of policy areas, includin...
Citizen participation in policymaking has become a worldwide key reference for the design and implem...
The changing social environment prompted the European Union (EU) to rethink its strategies towards i...
This article is motivated by the recognition of existing gaps between most common participatory prac...
As the European Union has enlarged in terms of its membership, and expanded in terms of its competen...
Over the last 10 years, the European Union has been talking a lot about citizens’ participation, not...
The democratic legitimacy of the European Union has become an increasingly urgent issue. In searchin...
Because representative democracy may be reaching its limits, the EU has turned to participatory demo...
There is a longstanding debate on the EU’s democratic deficit. Recently, the EU has responded to thi...
Com base nalguns resultados preliminares de um inquérito aos municípios portugueses, este artigo dis...
This article is based upon work from COST Action ‘Constitution-making and deliberative democracy’ (C...
The paper initially emerged from the papers delivered at the first WP14 workshop at UWE in Bristol i...
Public participation is a mainstay of democracy. However, the ways in which it can be understood ine...
The active involvement of European citizens became a new form of democracy in the Treaty of Lisbon o...