02164pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245009900059260000900158300001500167362000800182520173400190650003001924700001901954773004501973180718b2017   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGustafson, Per  aUnderstanding participatory governance: an analysis of participants' motives for participation  c2017  ap.538-549.  aJul  aDespite the growing body of literature on participatory and collaborative governance, little is known about citizens' motives  for participation in such new governance arrangements. The present article argues that knowledge about these motives is  essential for understanding the quality and nature of participatory governance and its potential contribution to the overall  political and administrative system. Survey data were used to explore participants' motives for participating in a large-scale  urban renewal program in Stockholm, Sweden. The program was neighborhood-based, characterized by self-selected and  repeated participation, and designed to influence local decisions on the use of public resources. Three types of motives  were identified among the participants: (a) Common good motives concerned improving the neighborhood in general and  contributing knowledge and competence. (b) Self-interest motives reflected a desire to improve one's own political efficacy  and to promote the interest of one's own group or family. (c) Professional competence motives represented a largely  apolitical type of motive, often based on a professional role. Different motives were expressed by different categories of  participants and were also associated with different perceptions concerning program outcomes. Further analysis suggested  that participatory governance may represent both an opportunity for marginalized groups to empower themselves and  an opportunity for more privileged groups to act as local ﾓcitizen representativesﾔ and articulate the interests of their  neighborhoods. These findings call for a more complex understanding of the role and potential benefits of participatory  governance. - Reprodu  aParticipatory development  aHertting, Nils  aAmerican Review of Public Administration