Turning the tables: Citizens take the lead

29.10.2024

Even when municipalities have serious aspirations to strengthen democratisation processes through empowering disadvantaged citizens, the reality can be rather rough. Inverted participation seeks to address this issue.

Abstract

Even when municipalities have serious aspirations to strengthen democratisation processes through empowering disadvantaged citizens, the reality can be rather rough. In practice, many participatory experiments fail to reach their self-proclaimed goals. Inverted participation seeks to address this issue. By letting citizens organise meetings themselves, and offering them ample resources to do so, we can ensure that citizens really get centre stage.