01290pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001800040245009600058260000900154300001700163520085500180650004201035650002001077650002101097773002601118180718b2011   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMckenna, Dave  aUK local Government and Public participation: Using conjectures to explain the relationship  c2011  ap.1182-1200.  aThe relationship between local government and public participation is a problematic one. Taking the UK as an example, it is evident that, despite 40 years of experimentation with public participation initiatives, there has been little impact on local policy processes.  While a range of plausible explanations can be found for this state of affairs, no overarching theoretical framework is available to organize them. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to offer just such a framework of ananlysis by utilizing and developing the conjectures approach originally used by Klijn and Skelcher (2007).  Four conjectures, developed from the UK experience, are presented. These are the transitional, incompatibility, instrumental and resistivity conjectures. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for research and for policy. - Reproduced.  a Political particpation Great Britain  a -Great Britain  aLocal government  aPublic Administration