id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
jolgri-44		jolgri-44			.htm	text/html	15469	773	34	Conceptualising and theorising public participation power dynamics Public participation is community engagement at the grass-roots level (Christensen & McQuestin 2019:456; Koens & Gunawardana 2021:464; Masuku & Macheka 2020:8; Nikku & Rafique 2019:880–888). Abstract Introduction Conceptualising and theorising public participation power dynamics Structuration theory and power dynamics Governmentality and power dynamics Methodology Results and discussion Satisfaction with participation in municipality’s strategic development planning Capability as power in public participation platforms and spaces Public participation power dynamics and resource capital Accessing public participation spaces Perceptions of domination and networking in public participation spaces Community commitment and trust in the integrated development plan process and outcomes Public participation as tokenistic Community knowledge in municipal strategic development planning Representations versus marginalisation and powerlessness Conclusion and implications for local governance Acknowledgements References About the Author(s) Modeni M. Sibanda Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Commerce, University of Fort Hare, Bisho, South Africa Liezel Lues Department of Public Administration and Management, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Citation Sibanda, M.M. & Lues, L., 2021, ‘Public participation power dynamics in strategic development planning in a metropolitan municipality: Eastern Cape Province’, Journal of Local Government Research and Innovation 2(0), a44.	cache/jolgri-44.htm	txt/jolgri-44.txt
