Local participatory governance and representative democracy : institutional dilemmas in European cities / edited by Nils Hertting and Clarissa Kugelberg.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Representative democracy and the problem of institutionalizing local participatory governance / Nils Hertting and Clarissa Kugelberg -- Tricky for good reasons : institutionalizing local participatory governance in representative democracy / Marianne Danielsson, Nils Hertting and Erik-Hans Klijn -- Participatory governance and the need for an analysis inspired by ethnography : two dialogue meetings / Clarissa Kugelberg -- A Trojan horse in the representative system : participatory governance in Rotterdam and the redevelopment of the Fenix Storehouses / Lieselot Vandenbussche and Jasper Eshuis -- Participatory governance as an embryonic opportunity structure : the case of the young adult center in northern Botkyrka / Clarissa Kugelberg -- Residents' participation under representative rule : the redefinition of public comments on municipal action through the promotion of "participatory democracy" / Virginie Anquetin -- Institutionalization of local participatory governance in France, the Netherlands and Sweden : three arguments reconsidered / Nils Hertting and Erik-Hans Klijn.