Social learning from public engagement: dreaming the impossible?

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dc.contributor.authorBull, R.en
dc.contributor.authorPetts, J.en
dc.contributor.authorEvans, J.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-12T10:56:06Z
dc.date.available2012-04-12T10:56:06Z
dc.date.issued2008-09
dc.description.abstractLearning that transcends participation processes is critical if public engagement is to translate into a legacy of enhanced environmental citizenship. However, a lack of empirical evidence has limited discussion to date to largely ‘aspirational’ claims. This paper offers the first rigorous examination of whether public participation does generate beyond-process social learning. Initially we review the literature on public participation and environmental citizenship to identify the key dimensions of social learning. We then re-visit a well-worked case study of an innovative public engagement process on the Hampshire waste strategy from the 1990s. Approximately one third of the original participants have been interviewed to identify whether and how the experience had a lasting effect on them. Key methodological difficulties are discussed, not least the analytical difficulties of attributing learning to a process that happened ten years previously. However, we argue that there is evidence that both instrumental and communicative learning have taken place, and conclude by identifying key areas that require further research.en
dc.identifier.citationBull, R., Petts, J. and Evans, J. (2008) Social learning from public engagement: dreaming the impossible?. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 51 (5), pp. 701-716.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09640560802208140
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/5924
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen
dc.ref2014.selected1368778962_0810680204548_16_3
dc.researchgroupInstitute of Energy and Sustainable Development
dc.researchinstituteInstitute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD)en
dc.subjectsocial learningen
dc.subjectenvironmental citizenshipen
dc.subjectpublic engagementen
dc.subjectwaste managementen
dc.titleSocial learning from public engagement: dreaming the impossible?en
dc.typeArticleen

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