Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
The psychosocial dynamics of public participation : a systemic analysis
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613662921883648 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Maree, David J.F. |
| author_browse | Maree, David J.F. |
| author_facet | Maree, David J.F. |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © University of Pretoria 2006D211/ |
| description | Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26790 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:39:43.129Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publishDateRange | 2013 |
| publishDateSort | 2013 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26790 The psychosocial dynamics of public participation : a systemic analysis Maree, David J.F. jperold@golder.co.za Perold, Jan Johannes Reality tree Public participation Psychosocial dynamics Gregory bateson Logical types Levels of description Economics of flexibility Fairness and competence Systems theory UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008. Public participation is a collective term for a variety of procedures aimed at involving stakeholders and ordinary people in decisions that may affect them. It is playing an increasingly important role in many democratic societies. Consequently, it has provided the impetus for a number of scientific studies. Most studies of public participation view the subject from a macro-level perspective; they focus on the criteria against which successful public involvement processes should be measured, the institutional arrangements and legal framework needed to achieve such success, etc. By contrast, relatively few studies have adopted a micro-level approach to public participation. Such an approach would entail concentrating on its psychosocial dynamics – in other words, on the behaviour and experience of individual participants, the relationships that form between individuals, the manner in which these shape deliberation and decision-making, etc. The aim of this study was therefore to address the aforementioned imbalance. It took the form of an integrative literature review encompassing publications in the fields of psychology and public participation. Its objectives were (a) to develop a theory of the psychosocial dynamics of public participation; (b) on the basis of this theory, to identify ways in which the effectiveness of public involvement processes might be enhanced; and (c) to propose avenues for future research in the field. Systems theory was chosen as a meta-theoretical framework to guide the process of theory-building. Systems theory may be defined as the study of interrelationships between the properties of whole systems and the properties and organisation of their component elements. Hence, it provided a means of demonstrating how the micro-level aspects of a public participation process (such as the actions, motives and perceptions of individual participants) interact with macro-level variables (such as the cultural and socio-political milieu in which it is embedded) to shape its course and outcomes. On the basis of the study, five complementary models of public participation were constructed. The first three models depict the macro-level characteristics of public participation. These set the stage for the remaining two models, which encompass both its macro- and micro-level dynamics. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T07:58:55Z 2008-08-11 2013-09-07T07:58:55Z 2006-09-05 2008-08-11 2008-07-29 Thesis a 2006D211/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26790 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07292008-085925/ © University of Pretoria 2006D211/ application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Reality tree Public participation Psychosocial dynamics Gregory bateson Logical types Levels of description Economics of flexibility Fairness and competence Systems theory UCTD The psychosocial dynamics of public participation : a systemic analysis |
| title | The psychosocial dynamics of public participation : a systemic analysis |
| title_full | The psychosocial dynamics of public participation : a systemic analysis |
| title_fullStr | The psychosocial dynamics of public participation : a systemic analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The psychosocial dynamics of public participation : a systemic analysis |
| title_short | The psychosocial dynamics of public participation : a systemic analysis |
| title_sort | psychosocial dynamics of public participation a systemic analysis |
| topic | Reality tree Public participation Psychosocial dynamics Gregory bateson Logical types Levels of description Economics of flexibility Fairness and competence Systems theory UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26790 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07292008-085925/ |