Political Participation in the “Social City” / Politische Partizipation in der „Sozialen Stadt“

The project at a glance

Start date:

01 Jan 2010
Duration in months:

48
Funding:

FNR – Luxembourg, AFR PhD Grant
Principal Investigator(s):

Markus HESSE

About

The thesis seeks to investigate the difficulties of political participation in urban policy at local levels, the reasons behind these barriers and the opportunities to overcome. The programs on the Federal level will be analysed, also the logics underlying the regional and local framework strategies and their contents. In so doing, the research aims at answering the following questions: Which standards are set related to their participation term and the forms of participation? How are the conversion processes organised at the local level? Which control and regulation structures are the basis for the action of the relevant participants? The thesis will be based on field research in Cologne, Germany, and also assess re-lated experience from district and state based policies in Berlin, Germany. Given the ongoing urban development pressure in Luxembourg, the findings will be extremely relevant for improving planning and participation procedures in this country as well. Image caption: © Kerstin Schenkel