Mechanisms of power in participatory rural planning

Johansen, Pia Heike; Chandler, Thomas Lund

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.05.006

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“…The findings are novel in that they investigate, at a micro level, how power is applied by citizens within a context of rural healthcare community participation. Findings resonate with those of Johansen and Chandler (2015) who considered applications of power within participatory rural planning. Like them, we found that dichotomous portrayals of state versus community are over-simplified; we suggest that community members themselves are vying to prioritise their views by applying discourses, resonant in rural settings, for the purposes of a participation exercise.…”

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“…Foucault (1994) proposed the idea of people practicing power to gain status through use of language rather than gaining power/status through their formal position. This idea has been studied in rural participatory planning by Johansen and Chandler (2015). We considered this a relevant issue to discussions about representativeness as it questions assumptions that consensus might be gained from community participation exercises if only the right mix of views is included and ideas are debated, deliberatively, by citizens of a place with health service stakeholders.…”

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“…Thus we adopted a broadly Foucauldian perspective on discourse analysis as a way of accessing messages about power, social symbols and myths, and their application in community members' discussions. We note that Johansen and Chandler (2015) also drew on Foucauldian notions of power applied through discourse to interpret their data on rural planning participation.…”

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Prioritising rural authenticity: Community members' use of discourse in rural healthcare participation and why it matters

Nimegeer

Farmer

2016

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This paper uses discourse analysis to explore individuals' use of two discourses in Scottish rural health community participation. It explores interview texts from a community participation project to design new services. Findings show that some community members employ discourses of rural localness and tradition to augment their credibility and gain influence. In particular, community members employ discourses that prioritise the voices of those perceived as local, and when discussing doctors and nurses, prioritise those who display idealised characteristics associated with local traditional provision. In examining these prominent discourses, the paper suggests that community participation involves more complex power-plays than simply those between health service managers and the public, that tend to be portrayed in health policy. Power-play between community members could affect processes and outcomes of community participation.

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Prioritising rural authenticity: Community members' use of discourse in rural healthcare participation and why it matters

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Farmer

2016

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“…Other authors identify factors that refer to dynamics within communities. They criticise the idealised image of rural communities as cohesive unities with high potential for problem‐solving and self‐governance (Shortall ; Sørensen and Triantafillou ; Skerratt and Steiner ; Johansen and Chandler ; Bosworth et al ). Their studies have, for example, revealed that many civic initiatives are led by the most powerful and risk to exclude less powerful resident groups (Andrews et al ; Skerrat and Steiner ).…”

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The Dynamics of Self‐Governance Capacity: The Dutch Rural Civic Initiative ‘Project Ulrum 2034’

Ubels

Haartsen

2019

Sociologia Ruralis

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In this article, we use Kooiman’s theory of governance in combination with key‐conditions of community self‐steering identified in recent studies to examine how the self‐steering capacity developed of a community initiative aiming at improving the liveability of a small Dutch village. Using non‐participatory observations and qualitative analysis, we obtained in‐depth insights into how this initiative, ‘Project Ulrum 2034’ managed to build local autonomy from 2010 to 2018. We found that government support was crucial for many of its successes. Also, tensions came to light between 1. local autonomy, and its dependence on professional support, and; 2. broader community engagement, and accountability related to the public funding obtained leading to the formalisation of its organisation and the centralisation of tasks. We discovered that self‐steering capacities fluctuate in time, are dynamic and develop in a non‐linear way. The voluntary engagement was above all temporary, except for some activities when of direct interest to those involved. The continuity of community self‐governance was fragile, due to its dependency on external funding and voluntary engagement.

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“…Recognizing the need for a faster development of rural sector for the overall healthy development of the nation, several countries have adopted appropriate policies for the purpose [2][3][4][5][6] . Apart from the agricultural-based income, efforts have been made for improvement of rural sector by developing agricultural and allied businesses [7][8][9] .…”

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A Concept of Knowledge and Technology Enabled Empowerment of Rural Indian Villages

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Patankar³

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Current Science

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The objective of rapid development of rural population in a sustainable manner with a view to bridging the urban-rural divide would require leveraging knowledge and technology in an environment conducive for innovation. The concept of a CILLAGE that incorporates the best of a city in a village is developed with this objective in mind. A CILLAGE is a knowledge-based ecosystem for integrated education, research, technology development and deployment as well as capacity building in rural areas. The focus of research work at a CILLAGE is on regional problems. CILLAGE activities also include a comprehensive engagement with people in the neighbourhood for demonstration and deployment of relevant technologies through a number of Advanced Knowledge-based Rural Technology Initiative (AKRUTI) centres located in the neighbourhood. CILLAGE should thus become a centre of innovation in rural areas to solve the problems of the region and disseminate the developed technologies in the region through AKRUTI centres. This article discusses the philosophy of the CILLAGE concept and describes its implementation through an example.

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Mechanisms of power in participatory rural planning

Cited by 37 publications

References 17 publications

Prioritising rural authenticity: Community members' use of discourse in rural healthcare participation and why it matters

Prioritising rural authenticity: Community members' use of discourse in rural healthcare participation and why it matters

The Dynamics of Self‐Governance Capacity: The Dutch Rural Civic Initiative ‘Project Ulrum 2034’

A Concept of Knowledge and Technology Enabled Empowerment of Rural Indian Villages

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