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Diagnosing and Remedying the Failings of Official Participation Schemes: The CLEAR Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Vivien Lowndes ,
Lawrence Pratchett  and
Gerry Stoker
Vivien Lowndes
Affiliation:
De Montfort University, Leicester
Lawrence Pratchett
Affiliation:
De Montfort University, Leicester
Gerry Stoker
Affiliation:
The University of Manchester E-mail: gerry.stoker@manchester.ac.uk
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Abstract

Drawing on extensive research, the article proposes a diagnostic tool for assessing official schemes to encourage participation and discusses remedial measures that might be taken to tackle problems. According to the CLEAR framework, people participate when they can: when they have the resources necessary to make their argument. People participate when they feel part of something: they like to participate because it is central to their sense of identity. They participate when they are enabled to do so by an infrastructure of civic networks and organisations. People participate when they are directly asked for their opinion. Finally, people participate when they experience the system they are seeking to influence as responsive.

Type
Themed Section on Partnerships, Governance and Citizenship
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 281 - 291
Copyright
Cambridge University Press 2006

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