Building the Infrastructure That Makes Participation Meaningful
PART 1 — DIAGNOSIS
The Participation–Power Gap (PPG)
PPG identifies the problem and examines the distance between participating in a process and having meaningful influence over the decision that process is intended to inform.
It answers the question: What explains the gap between being invited to participate and having meaningful influence?
PART 2 — DESIGN
Civic Capability Infrastructure (CCI) – This paper
CCI proposes an infrastructural response and examines the systems, pathways and institutional conditions required for people and communities to develop and exercise civic capability — and for that participation to connect meaningfully to decision-making.
It answers the question: What needs to be built so that participation can become more capable, continuous and consequential?
Citation:
Rouwette, T. (2024). Civic Capability Infrastructure.
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