Abstract

"Sustainable development is a generally recognised guiding principle in society. In order to improve the acceptance of future-proof measures, the participation of various social groups is a good way to achieve this. In practice, however, many questions arise: How can spaces for participation be created? What imbalances of knowledge and power need to be equalised? Are co-determination and self-determination effective in terms of sustainable development? How can the implementation of results be ensured? These questions were addressed by a wide range of stakeholders from the fields of architecture, urban and landscape planning, psychology, political science and education at the conference 'Participation and Sustainability - The Devil is in the Details'. This book traces the discussions and their results and expands the approaches to participation in the context of sustainability with further insights from practice." (Author's abstract). Table of contents: QAG Participation: The participatory negotiation and evaluation of sustainability goals (12-12); Heike Walk: Participation in socio-ecological research - results of the cross-sectional working group on participation (13-27); Angela Oels: Sustainability, participation and power or: Why participation does not necessarily lead to sustainability (28-43); QAG Participation: How does the participatory negotiation and evaluation of sustainability goals succeed? (44-51); QAG Participation: Power structures in participatory sustainability processes (52-53); Edgar Göll: Participation despite power asymmetries - obstacles and solutions (54-66); QAG Participation: How can more co-decision rights be created within existing power structures? (67-73); QAG Participation: Participation processes for sustainable development (74-75); Britta Rösener: Shaping participation processes: What does (not) matter? (76-80); QAG Participation: How can participation processes be designed for sustainable development? (81-93); QAG Participation: Social learning in participatory sustainability processes (94-95); Ute Stoltenberg: Social learning and participation (96-105); QAG Participation: How can participation spaces be created for social learning processes? (106-115); QAG Participation: Participation for sustainable development between normative and procedural levels (116-125).