Spaces for Change? - The Politics of Citizen Participation in New Democratic Arenas (Paperback)

This book addresses one of the greatest challenges of our age: that of building democratic polities where all can realize their rights and claim substantive citizenship. In recent years, innovations in governance have created a plethora of new democratic spaces in many countries. Yet there remains a gap between the intention to institutionalize participation and the reality of exclusion of poorer and marginalized citizens. Through case studies of a diversity of institutions - hospital facility boards in South Africa, a national-level deliberative process in Canada, sectoral management councils and community groups in Brazil, India, Mexico and Bangladesh, participatory budgeting in Argentina, NGO-created forums in Angola and Bangladesh, community forums in the UK, and new intermediary spaces created by social movements in South Africa - contributors examine how the democratic potential of these new spaces might be enhanced.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Claiming Citizenship
Release date:	November 2006
First published:	2007
Editors:	Andrea Cornwall • Vera Schatten Coelho
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-84277-553-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84277-553-7
Barcode:	9781842775530

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