This article questions the relevance of the use of participatory democracy, in order to build a new theoretical frame for the understanding of the government of French cities. The nature of local actors, the way they are organized and deal with common issues, will be assumed to challenge the spreading of participatory democracy. The analysis will consider the problem of the adoption of the word << governance >> from corporate and development patterns to urban ones, the structural shackles due to French municipal organization, and some special weaknesses in the way associations try to get involved in urban government.
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Thomas, O. (2003). Participation of citizens and regional democracy in France. Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne De Science Politique, 36(4), 813–833. Retrieved from <Go to ISI>://000186264700005
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