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The use and abuse of participatory governance by populist governments
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Collaborative governance
Hungary
National consultations
Participatory governance
Populism
Sociology and Political Science
Public Administration
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Hungary
National consultations
Participatory governance
Populism
Sociology and Political Science
Public Administration
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/27205
Abstract
Populists claim that they alone represent the voice of the people against a corrupt elite. We argue that populist governments augment this claim by appropriating and manipulating the language and methods of participatory governance. Advancing an analytical framework on content, process, effect, resource efficiency and communication dimensions, we illustrate these arguments with the National Consultations in Hungary in 2010-18. Our conclusion for the case study is that these exercises were deeply flawed for securing popular input into policy-making. The implication for scholarship is that participatory governance enthusiasts need to be more aware not just of the uses, but also the abuses, of public input, while scholars of populism should pay more attention to the actual policies and practices populist actors employ to gain or maintain power.
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Journal article
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2019-04-01
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10.1332/030557319X15487805848586