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coACTION Project Page 7/27 Democratic School Culture In the school context, Arnstein's stages can be described as follows: The participation ladder according to Sherry Arnstein and school examples Participation level Description of the level Practical example from school Nonparticipation 1. Manipulation Decisions are made from above; those involved are supposed to agree or be “educated”. An "advisory body" is set up that has no real decision- making power. 2. Therapy Participation is feigned, in reality it is about conformity or control. Information events are used for PR, not for co- determination; problems of the school community are treated as individual “deficits”. Tokenismus 3. Informing One-sided dissemination of information without feedback or consultation. School management informs about new school rules without the school community having any influence on their design. Manipulation Therapy Informing Consultation Placation Partnership Delegated Power Citizen Control Nonparticipation Degrees of Tokenism Degrees of Citizen Participation