Deliberatieve democratie: ervaringen met diversiteit in burgertop Amsterdam

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Chapter 4 Senses of Belonging and Nonbelonging within Citizens’ Summits in Amsterdam

“…Earlier research in the Netherlands (e.g. Michels & Binnema, 2015Smets & Vlind, 2017a, 2017b shows that mainly white higher-educated citizens of middle age and older participate in citizens' summits. Vlind (2017a, 2017b) report an apparently open attitude towards everybody, but in reality, implicit values tend to lead to the exclusion of outsiders.…”

Waarderen of veroordelen?

“…Onvoldoende diversiteit ontstaat doordat groepen burgers -bedoeld en onbedoeld -worden uitgesloten van deelname aan burgerparticipatie (Hajer, 2005;Michels & De Graaf, 2010;Turnhout e.a., 2010). Voor de oorzaken van in-en uitsluiting en het voorkomen ervan is veel aandacht, onder meer in deze serie over de kwaliteit van de lokale democratie (Van de Bovenkamp & Vollaard, 2017;Broekhuizen & Michels, 2017;Denters & Boogers, 2016;Smets & Vlind, 2017;Specht, 2012). Zo weten we dat selectie en zelfselectie van burgers een belangrijke rol spelen.…”