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When experts feel threatened: Strategies of depoliticisation in participatory river restoration projects
Author(s) -
Buletti Mitchell Nora,
Ejderyan Olivier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/area.12686
Subject(s) - citizen journalism , public participation , subsidy , politics , work (physics) , public administration , government (linguistics) , public relations , participatory planning , political science , sociology , economic growth , economics , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy
This paper explores how experts involved in river management projects in Switzerland consider public participation. Based on an analysis of expert discourses, we examine how experts activate different arguments to depoliticise participation. We argue that their consistent motivation to depoliticise also indicates a potential for participation to become political, which is worth exploring with new perspectives to engage the public.