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100			_aBaltz, Andre _937355
245			_aDisseminating and collecting information: Municipalities’ communicative practices and deliberative capacities
260			_aLocal Government Studies
300			_a48(1), Feb, 2022: p.48-67
520			_aThis paper aims to critically explore how citizen dialogues are perceived by the municipalities and public servants who implement them. The question is answered using a multi-method approach: a content analysis of 213 self-reports on citizen dialogues from Swedish municipalities and 11 in-depth interviews with public servants working with citizen dialogues in a Swedish municipality. The findings show that citizen dialogues were thought of along three main narratives: information gathering, informing, and inclusion. Together, these narratives indicated a will to enhance informed decision-making. However, combining informed decision-making is with broad participation poses challenges; the authority had to delimit participation, establish structures, educate, define citizens and adapt existing working methods to external stakeholders. The three narratives address this adaptation. – Reproduced
650			_aRepresentation, Municipalities, Local government, participation, Dialogue. _935707
773			_aLocal Government Studies
906			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT
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