Table 4 Analytical framework guiding the development of dimensions of public engagement used for analyzing focus group transcripts
From: Public engagement for inclusive and sustainable governance of climate interventions
Analytical question | Analytical category | Examples of inductive sub-categories | Related engagement categories in literature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WHY: what motivations underpin publics’ reflection on whether and which forms of engagement are considered desirable? Why is public engagement considered (not) desirable? | Rationales | To avoid conflict and engage with opposition; to ensure affected parties are heard | Typology on instrumental, substantive, normative rationales52 and various adaptations, e.g.98 | WHAT: To which climate-intervention technologies and to which processes do reflections about public engagement relate? (Objects of participation76) |
HOW: in which ways should (or does) public engagement occur? | Forms and intensity | Information, consultation, decision-making | Ladder of participation66 and its various reinterpretations, e.g.,67,68,69 institution-led vs. citizen-led practices49 | |
WHO: who is seen as the relevant public, how is “the” public characterized and delimited? | Publics | Ignorant publics, affected publics, resisting publics | “Publics in general” and “publics in particular”65 “obligatory publics”64 |
