Bridge over troubled water" : en studie av samspillet mellom folkeaksjoner og politiskeprosesser i en norsk kommune

2009

Masteroppgave i offentlig politikk og ledelse- Universitetet i Agder 2009 Participation in the political arena has changed over time in both form and scope. While we previously considered elections and party policy as the most important channels for political influence, in the last decades we have registered a trend towards more direct forms of participation. The last Norwegian power and democracy study (2003) concludes that this trend contributes to a decline of democracy. The purpose of this paper has been twofold. First and foremost, I have with help of a case study, researched the interaction between one specific civic action and the consequent official political processes within a limi…