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Assessing The Quality of Participation Processes in Energy Transition Projects : Cases Studies of Two Municipalities in Chile
Bassi De la Barrera, Franco (2024) Assessing The Quality of Participation Processes in Energy Transition Projects : Cases Studies of Two Municipalities in Chile.
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| Abstract: | In energy transition policies, public participation processes from local to central governments have become a way to include what stakeholders and the general public have to say. However, it is necessary to consider that many public agencies are proposing these processes without the actual purpose of listening to citizens but, instead, as an instrument to legitimize their decisions and overcome their lack of support. Therefore, it is necessary to assess if those in positions of power are developing the processes in a fair, open, and democratic way. Evaluating participation processes is useful for governments and citizens to know the quality of these processes. In this work, an assessment was conducted based on the framework developed by Stober et al. (2021), which includes the dimensions of the rationales of participation, involvement of the participants, and the participation levels. The methodology was the analysis of documents and semi-structured interviews applied to citizens and company representatives, who participated of two solar energy projects in two different municipalities in Chile. Results revealed that in both cases the quality of the participation processes was of an intermediate level, determined by the lack of influence of participants, constrained by law and the underlying politico-institutional context. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 88 social and public administration, 89 political science |
| Programme: | Public Administration MSc (60020) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/103545 |
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