Facilitators as culture change workers: advancing public participation and deliberation in local governance. Bynner, C., Escobar, O., & Weakley, S. Local Government Studies, 49(4):738–758, 2023. ![Facilitators as culture change workers: advancing public participation and deliberation in local governance [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Practitioners who facilitate public participation in governance operate at the interface of three policy agendas: public service reform, social justice and democratic innovation. Scotland offers a paradigmatic site for studying this interface through the role of officials who work as facilitators of public participation. Reforms in the last two decades have generated new spaces for engaging citizens and communities while challenging official facilitators to reconcile grassroots community action with institutional engagement. This article draws on empirical research from the What Works Scotland dataset (2014–2019), which is the first to examine the nature of this role across Scotland. Our analysis unpacks the tensions of interactive modes of governance and explores facilitators’ agency in responding to cultural practices that are resistant to change. The paper argues that official facilitators are more than process designers and discursive stewards; their work involves challenging and changing the cultural practices of the state at the frontlines of democratic upheaval and renewal. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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title = {Facilitators as culture change workers: advancing public participation and deliberation in local governance},
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abstract = {Practitioners who facilitate public participation in governance operate at the interface of three policy agendas: public service reform, social justice and democratic innovation. Scotland offers a paradigmatic site for studying this interface through the role of officials who work as facilitators of public participation. Reforms in the last two decades have generated new spaces for engaging citizens and communities while challenging official facilitators to reconcile grassroots community action with institutional engagement. This article draws on empirical research from the What Works Scotland dataset (2014–2019), which is the first to examine the nature of this role across Scotland. Our analysis unpacks the tensions of interactive modes of governance and explores facilitators’ agency in responding to cultural practices that are resistant to change. The paper argues that official facilitators are more than process designers and discursive stewards; their work involves challenging and changing the cultural practices of the state at the frontlines of democratic upheaval and renewal. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor \& Francis Group.},
number = {4},
journal = {Local Government Studies},
author = {Bynner, C. and Escobar, O. and Weakley, S.},
year = {2023},
keywords = {Scotland, United Kingdom, civil society, cultural change, democracy, governance approach, local government, local participation, participatory approach},
pages = {738--758},
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