TY  - JOUR
AU  - Carpentier, Nico
JF  - Javnost-The Public
TI  - Beyond the Ladder of Participation: An Analytical Toolkit for the Critical Analysis of Participatory Media Processes
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
PY  - 2016
SN  - 1854-8377
PB  - EURICOM
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13183222.2016.1149760
N2  - Participatory research is facing three challenges—how to deal with the theoretisation and conceptualisation of participation; how to support the research with analytical models; and how the evaluate the research outcomes. This article aims to address these three problems by distinguishing two main approaches (a sociological and a political) in participatory theory and developing a four-level and 12-step analytical model that functions within the political approach. In this analytical model, a series of key concepts are used: process, field, actor, decision-making moment and power. The normative-evaluative problem is addressed by reverting to the critical perspective to evaluate the societal desirability of particular participatory intensities. This critical perspective—potentially—adds a 13th and final normative layer to the analytical model.
U1  - Print ISSN: 1318-3222
ER  -