“Nothing about politics”: The political scope in rural participatory governance, a case-study in the Basque Country, Spain

Participatory mechanisms are understood as settings for citizens’ political engagement. However, participants frequently depict these institutions as nonpolitical. In this paper, the political scope of participatory institutions is examined through a case-study of town meetings (concejos abiertos) i...

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Main Author: Patricia García-Espín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Westminster Press 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Deliberative Democracy
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Online Access:https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/556/