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Robins, S
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed
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Shankland, A
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed
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Thompson, L & N, Nleya
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed
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Coelho, VSP & B, von Lieres
In V. Schattan Coelho & B. von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed, 2010
This chapter, available in full, provides an overview of this edited volume, which features a collection of new empir...
This chapter, available in full, provides an overview of this edited volume, which features a collection of new empirical case studies from the South that demonstrate how forms of political mobilizations - such as protests, social participation, activism, litigation and lobbying - engage with the formal institutions of representative democracy in ways that are core to the development of democratic politics.
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Pioneers of Participation Case Study Series, Cape Town: Islandla Institute
In 1998, the government of Kenya advertised a call for proposals for community-based projects. Financed by the Europe...
In 1998, the government of Kenya advertised a call for proposals for community-based projects. Financed by the European Union, the Community Development Fund expected community-based organizations to raise 25 percent of the proposed budget. One self-help group based in the town of Vihiga (which bears the same name as the district in which it is located) was interested to apply, but could not raise the necessary funds from among its members. The group of women sought advise on the matter...
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Thompson, L
From the Pioneers of Participation Workshop, November 2009, Cape Town: Islandla Institute
The Pioneers of Participation workshop highlighted the importance of recognising country context. Yet international e...
The Pioneers of Participation workshop highlighted the importance of recognising country context. Yet international experiences shared by participants also highlight the gains of recognising and adapting Public Participation Best Practice. Om Prakash from PRIA in India, Tricia Zipfel from the UK and Nina Best from Polis in Brazil emphasised how both the state and civil society âlearnâ effective participatory strategies through ongoing engagement and the adaptation of legislation and policies. This emphasises a recurring theme of the workshop: innovation is as important as legislation, and legislation needs to be flexible enough to allow adaptation.
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Pioneers of Participation Case Study Series, Cape Town: Islandla Institute
The Soweto Crisis Committee was originally known as the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee when it formed in 2002 in...
The Soweto Crisis Committee was originally known as the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee when it formed in 2002 in response to cut-offs for non-payment by Eskom, the public electricity commission. Eskom was cutting off as many as 300 customers per day in the community of 1.5 million. According to Zodwa Madiba, a member of the Crisis Committee and a Johannesburg city councillor, residents where unable to pay because Eskom has hiked its rates as part of the new cost-recovery strategy.
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Pioneers of Participation Case Study Serie, Cape Town: Islandla Institute
In South Africa's eastern coast town of Durban, local government leaders felt it was their responsibility to resolve ...
In South Africa's eastern coast town of Durban, local government leaders felt it was their responsibility to resolve the legacy of injustice left by apartheid. When in 1996 the 48 distinct local councils were unified into six local councils and one municipal council (eThekwini Municipality), they thought they had their chance.
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Pioneers of Participation Case Study Series, Cape Town: Islanda Institute
After a decade of political crises and wars that left more than 5 million people dead from violence, famine, and dise...
After a decade of political crises and wars that left more than 5 million people dead from violence, famine, and disease â one of the greatest disasters in human history â the warring factions in the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a power-sharing agreement and peace deal in 2002. The violence, however, continues, especially for women of eastern Congo, who have suffered immeasurable harm at the cruel hands of the remaining militias.
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Pioneers of Participation Case Study Series, Cape Town: Islandla Institute
In 1986, a local board of commissioners - the equivalent of a municipal council - was appointed in the informal settl...
In 1986, a local board of commissioners - the equivalent of a municipal council - was appointed in the informal settlement of Epworth with two mandates: to facilitate the registration of land titles and to promote the local economy. Formalizing land titles in Epworth, however, posed a threat to the use of empty plots for grazing by many residents. Many of the informal settlers hence refused to cooperate with the local board and even opposed the proposal to hold local elections...
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Mahmud, S, Kabeer, N & J G, Isaza Castro
IDS Working Paper 343
Bangladesh has come to embody an interesting paradox. On the one hand, it has experienced rising rates of growth, a s...
Bangladesh has come to embody an interesting paradox. On the one hand, it has experienced rising rates of growth, a slow but steady decline in poverty and impressive progress in terms of social development, outperforming some of its richer neighbours on a number of Millennium Development Goals. On the other hand, it has an abysmal record on governance and was ranked as the world's most corrupt country for five consecutive years by Transparency International. There is an emerging view that the country's extremely active development NGO sector has contributed to some of the more positive achievements. The question that this paper sets out to address is why these organisations have not made an equivalent contribution on the governance front. The paper argues that while Bangladesh is reported to have more NGOs per capita than other developing countries, those organisations have gradually abandoned social mobilising and collective action strategies for a narrower focus on service delivery and microcredit provision. Our research with the members of six organisations that straddle the continuum between microfinance and social mobilisation suggests that the specific developmental strategies of these membership-based groups do indeed have consequences for both development and democracy in the country.
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Coelho, VSP, Ferraz, A, Fanti, F & M, Ribeiro
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed
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From the Pioneers of Participation Workshop, November 2009, Cape Town: Islandla Institute
Over the last decade or so, countries in southern Africa have experimented with new techniques for citizen participat...
Over the last decade or so, countries in southern Africa have experimented with new techniques for citizen participation; forums, councils, committees, deliberations and debates have increasingly invited ordinary people to take part in shaping the institutions that affect their lives. In November 2009, 40 individuals on the forefront of these innovations were brought together to identify common challenges and to share strategies for overcoming them. This report summarises the lessons learnt from this event.
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Coelho, VSP, Favareto, A, Galvaneze, C, Menino, F & Y, Kawamura
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed
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Roque, S & I, Ferreira
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed
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Ibrahim, J & S, Egwu
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed
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This chapter is about the struggle to consolidate democratic gains in Nigeria through citizen mobilization, following President Olusegun Obasanjoâs attempt to change the constitution in order to prolong his tenure in ofï¬ce for a third term. It examines the mobilization of an anti-third term camp, which was drawn from Nigeriaâs parliament, civil society, opposition parties and the popular masses.
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Mahmud, S & N, Kabeer
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed.
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Mohanty, R
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilising for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed.
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Nyamu-Musembi, C
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed
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Okello, D
In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilising for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed.
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Benequista, N & Gaventa J
Article on Open Democracy.net, 3 August
The sense that democracy is in retreat worldwide has become widespread. But the emergence of citizen-centred, governa...
The sense that democracy is in retreat worldwide has become widespread. But the emergence of citizen-centred, governance-focused and development-oriented approaches suggests that a more complex and hopeful shift is also taking place, say Nicholas Benequista & John Gaventa.
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Benequista, N & Gaventa J
Alliance Magazine, Vol. 12 (4): 56-58
For decades the field of democracy promotion has been dominated by an approach that is contrary to this spirit, one o...
For decades the field of democracy promotion has been dominated by an approach that is contrary to this spirit, one of telling rather than listening. Led by bilateral and multilateral aid and foreign assistance programmes, as well as private foundations, democracy promotion has been understood as the process of "exporting" democracy from those who were considered to have it â largely the older and so-called âmatureâ democracies of the global North â to those who needed it, such as the younger democracies in the global South, or the post-socialist states of Eastern Europe and southern Asia, with little attention to what could be learned from elsewhere to solve democratic deficits at home...
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Hossain, N
IDS Working Paper 319
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Kabeer, N & A, Haq Kabir
IDS Working Paper 331
The complex nature of the challenge posed by state-society relations to the realisation of citizenship rights in the ...
The complex nature of the challenge posed by state-society relations to the realisation of citizenship rights in the poorer countries of the world reflects the incapacity or unwillingness on the part of the state to guarantee basic security of life and livelihoods to its citizens and its proneness to capture by powerful elites that perpetuate this state of affairs. Consequently, access to resources continue to be defined by position within an unequal social order that is largely constituted by the ascribed relationships of family, kinship, caste and so on. These relationships pervade all spheres of society, rendering irrelevant the idea of an impersonal public sphere which individuals enter as bearers of rights, equal in the eyes of the law. Indeed, given their reliance on patron client relations for their basic survival and security, the idea of individual rights is unlikely to have much meaning or relevance in the lives of most poor people.
This paper explores the hypothesis that the possibility of belonging to alternative associations whose membership is not "given" by position in the social order holds out the greatest promise for democratising the social order. Bangladesh offers an interesting context in which to explore this hypothesis because while it embodies most the problems of bad governance outlined above, it also has a large number of civil society organisations, many of whom work primarily with the poorer sections of society. The research focused on the working poor who are most likely to belong to these associations. Analysis of their narratives about their lives and livelihood and their views about rights and social justice suggests, not surprisingly, that there is nothing inherently democratic about civil society organisations in Bangladesh, even those ostensibly oriented to the interests of poor people. What appeared to explain the extent to which organisations were able to achieve democratic outcomes appeared to depend, first of all, on the extent of their commitment to the promotion of citizenship rights among poor people and secondly, on the extent to which they were able to carry out their commitments without interference from the state. In the context of Bangladesh, the state appeared to be far more pro-poor in rural than in urban areas.
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Brickley, A
Champions of Participation Case Study Series, the Citizenship DRC: Brighton
The East London Communities Organisation (TELCO), UK bases its approach to community cohesion and empowerment on the ...
The East London Communities Organisation (TELCO), UK bases its approach to community cohesion and empowerment on the methods developed by Saul Alinksy, an activist working in Chicago, USA in the 1960s. TELCO is an independent community organisation through which citizens can challenge powerful political and economic institutions, requiring them to listen and respond to the concerns of ordinary people who are mobilised and working together. This case study is an example of a âbroad-based community organisationâ that enables a wide range of civil society groups to come together around common concerns and to campaign for change.
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Cornwall, A
Politics & Society, 36(4): 508-31
Brazilâs health councils appear to offer inspiring examples of what Fung and Wright (2003) term âempowered partic...
Brazilâs health councils appear to offer inspiring examples of what Fung and Wright (2003) term âempowered participatory governance.â But what happens in practice? This article narrates an episode in the life of a municipal health council in northeast Brazil, in which democracy itself came under deliberation. It seeks to locate normative assumptions embedded in theories of deliberative democracy and participatory governance in everyday conduct in one of these institutions. It suggests that assessing the democratizing potential of the myriad new spaces that now populate governance landscapes the world over calls for far closer attention to be paid to power, political culture, and politics.
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Cornwall, A, Romano, J & A, Shankland
Discussion Paper 389, joint Action Aid-IDS publication
Brazil's emergence from two decades of military dictatorship in the mid-1980s gave rise to a flowering of democratic ...
Brazil's emergence from two decades of military dictatorship in the mid-1980s gave rise to a flowering of democratic innovation. Experiences during the struggle for democracy shaped the experiments that took place over the following years to create institutions that could ensure the accountability and responsiveness of the new democratic state. Innovations in participatory governance, such as participatory budgeting and sectoral policy councils and conferences at each tier of government, provided crucibles for new meanings and expressions of citizenship and democracy. Brazil's participatory institutions have attracted considerable international attention. Academics, activists and practitioners in countries, with very different political histories and cultures of governance, have looked to Brazil for inspiration and have sought to replicate Brazil's democratic experiments in their own contexts.
Brazilian models may seem an attractive new component to include in the democracy building packages favoured by aid agencies. But, this paper suggests, the contribution that Brazil's democratic innovations have to deepening democracy, enhancing accountability and engaging citizens may lie not only in their innovative institutional design but also in what Brazilian experience can teach us about the pre-conditions for effective participatory governance. Focusing on the north and north east of the country, whose experience is under-represented in the international literature, this paper draws together insights from four extended case studies, carried out as part of a research process that brought together activists, practitioners and academics, in a collaborative study of the meanings and practices of participation and citizenship in Brazil.
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Cornwall, A, Robins, S & B, von Lieres
Third World Quarterly, 29(6): 1069-86.
Abstract: This paper by Steven Robins, Andrew Cornwall and Bettina von Lieres argues for an approach to researching c...
Abstract: This paper by Steven Robins, Andrew Cornwall and Bettina von Lieres argues for an approach to researching citizenship and democracy that begins not from normative convictions, but from everyday experiences in particular social, cultural and historical contexts. The authors consider the ways in which the terms ëdemocracyà and ëcitizenshipà have been used in the discourses and approaches taken within mainstream studies of citizenship and democracy, drawing attention to some of the conceptual blind spots that arise.
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Dunn, A
An International Learning Report prepared for the Citizenship DRC
What happens when you bring together 'champions of participation' from countries in every continent to explore the pr...
What happens when you bring together 'champions of participation' from countries in every continent to explore the problems and the potential for strengthening citizen participation in local government? What do their experiences, drawn from such different contexts, have in common? What are the lessons and how can sharing this experience inform and shape policy and practice in the UK and elsewhere? The Champions of Participation event in May 2007 brought together...
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Ardron, R
Champions of Participation Case Study Series, the Citizenship DRC: Brighton
A multi-cultural inner city community in Sheffield recently took part in a UK government strategy called the New Deal...
A multi-cultural inner city community in Sheffield recently took part in a UK government strategy called the New Deal for Communities programme aimed at neighbourhood renewal and tackling social exclusion. This case study explores participation from the perspective and experience of a citizen and community activist. It examines the implications for citizens and communities of working in partnership with local government to improve services and transform a very deprived neighbourhood.
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Hicks, J
Champions of Participation Case Study Series, Brighton: the Citizenship DRC
South Africa has one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. It includes the municipal legislative framew...
South Africa has one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. It includes the municipal legislative framework that provides for community participation in decision-making at municipal level. However in practice citizens have had little experience of this, which is particularly relevant in contexts of severe poverty and failure by the state to provide basic services. This case study demonstrates the challenges a national NGO, the Centre for Public Participation (CPP), faced when working to influence central government policy on citizen participation. It also explores the role and influence of international donors in promoting this agenda.
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Huggins, M
Champions of Participation Case Study Series, the Citizenship DRC: Brighton
In the city of Eau Claire in Wisconsin, USA, a community visioning and strategic planning process is currently giving...
In the city of Eau Claire in Wisconsin, USA, a community visioning and strategic planning process is currently giving citizens new opportunities to participate in decision-making in their communities. This case study describes how a coalition of government and non-profit organisations, led by the city of Eau Claire, worked with a broad cross section of community members to develop a vision and strategic plan for the area and to find solutions to the challenging problems they face at a time of rapid change and budget constraints.
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Howe, V
Champions of Participation Case Study Series, the Citizenship DRC: Brighton
Through an international learning exchange between eight European cities, Newcastle City Council became inspired to u...
Through an international learning exchange between eight European cities, Newcastle City Council became inspired to use participatory budgeting: getting local people to understand how public money is used and involving them in decision-making around it. This case study illustrates the value of sharing experiences of empowerment internationally and explains how participatory budgeting (PB), as developed originally in Brazil, has been adapted to support community empowerment in the northern UK city of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Hedge-Morrell, C
Champions of Participation Case Study Series, the Citizenship DRC: Brighton
This case study examines the challenges of large scale citizen-led planning in the
<br/>aftermath of a natural disas...
This case study examines the challenges of large scale citizen-led planning in the
aftermath of a natural disaster, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. As an alternative
to a top-down planning process residents collectively took part in formulating a
plan to rebuild their city. Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, recently elected Councillor at the
time, tells the story.
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Dwivedi, A & Gaventa J
Champions of Participation Case Study Series, the Citizenship DRC: Brighton
In many parts of India a quiet revolution is taking place in the relationship between citizens and local governments....
In many parts of India a quiet revolution is taking place in the relationship between citizens and local governments. Strengthened by new opportunities created by constitutional changes and strong legislation, citizens are increasingly aware of their rights and speaking out for improved services and government performance at the local level. At the same time, elected officials and government officials are increasingly aware of their duties to involve citizens and how they can link with NGOs and local civil society groups to strengthen local government capacity. This case study focuses on how NGOs can play a critical intermediary role, working to build awareness of citizens on the one hand and also to find and strengthen the champions of participation inside government on the other. Anju Dwivedi is the state coordinator in Rajasthan of one such NGO, the Society of ParticipatoryResearch in Asia (PRIA).
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Zipfel, T
Champions of Participation Policy Briefing, the Citizenship DRC, Brighton
Over the past decade, around the world, there has been an explosion of interest in more participatory forms of govern...
Over the past decade, around the world, there has been an explosion of interest in more participatory forms of governance. This has happened partly in response to demands from citizens to have more say in decisions that matter to them; but it also reflects a growing recognition, by those in power, that community involvement is central to the major challenges of revitalising democracy, improving service delivery, tackling poverty and building strong communities. The need to address these complex issues has led to a shift in thinking from narrow ideas of local government to broader concepts of community governance, in which multiple actors play a part in public policy and the delivery of public services at neighbourhood, local government and even national levels. In developing new forms of community or participatory governance, the challenge is twofold. On the one hand it requires empowered local communities whose citizens are able to participate in decision-making, claim their rights and hold institutions to account. And critically, it also requires government institutions and service providers to have the will and the capacity to respond to communities, to engage in more open and accountable ways and to recognise their right not only to have a voice, but also to influence the decisions that affect them.
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Salihu, A
Champions of Participation Case Study Series, the Citizenship DRC: Brighton
Citizen participation in local governance is rare in Nigeria, but civil society groups and leaders and champions work...
Citizen participation in local governance is rare in Nigeria, but civil society groups and leaders and champions working inside government have managed to influence some parts of the government to take the needs and wants of citizens more seriously. This case study describes how new democratic spaces were created in the city of Abuja to facilitate dialogue between political leaders in local government and citizens. Through the use of public meetings and a range of media, decision-making processes became more transparent and the scope for trust and mutual respect improved. Amina Salihu is former Senior Special Assistant on Information and Strategy for the Minister of Abuja.
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Coelho, VSP & A, Favareto
World Development, 36(12): 2937-52
Through the analysis of two participatory forums active in the Vale do Ribeira (Brazil)âthe Committee for the Manag...
Through the analysis of two participatory forums active in the Vale do Ribeira (Brazil)âthe Committee for the Management of Water Resources (CGRH) and the Consortium of Food Safety and Local Development (Consad)âthis article discusses the argument that "well designed" institutions enable the inclusion of a broader spectrum of actors in political debates, as well as reduce the asymmetries between them thereby facilitating the negotiation and agreement of politically and economically viable projects that would help to encourage development in the region. The two forums were observed in terms of how they dealt with two polemical regional issues: the proposal to build a big dam, a process which has been going on for more than a decade and the deï¬nition of a program of sustainable development capable of reconciling environmental conservation and growth in the local economy. The analysis suggests that during the period of research, these forums recreated in the participatory sphere coalitions that were already present in the regional political scene, thereby acting as an extension of the party political game rather than as arenas where new arrangements of actors could agree on alternative projects. From a theoretical perspective, this result raises again the question of the origin and the change of institutions, in that it questions the mechanisms necessary for the creation of institutions explicitly designed to alter the status quo.
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Coelho, VSP & N, Silva
In S Shantayanan & I Widlund, The Politics of Service Delivery in Democracies. Better Services for the Poor. EGDI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Stockholm
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Williams, JJ
Critical Dialogue: Public Participation in Review, 3(1): 16-23
This paper argues that local government elections constitute an important form of community participation, especially...
This paper argues that local government elections constitute an important form of community participation, especially in a democratising society such as South Africa, even though they are a formal and regulated form of participation. While regulated participation through elections might be constrained by time, locale and infrastructural resources, their overall significance to âbring government closer to the peopleâ should not be underestimated. It would seem that it is in this regard that local government elections have, since the inception of the democratic order in South Africa in 1994, played an important role. The importance of such elections lies not merely in terms of the specific votes cast for particular parties, but also to the extent to which specific communities, albeit through regulated participatory spaces, are allowed to debate and consider issues germane to their everyday, lived experiences in their particular communities. Based on a number of opinion and statistical surveys of the 2006 local government elections in the Western Cape, this article suggests that participatory spaces are important only when they are readily accessible to voters at the grassroots level; and the extent to which their specific needs are aired, accommodated and influence the existing, or subsequent,
planning priorities of local government. It is thus precisely at the inception and formulation phase of specific local government policies â often mooted during election campaigns â where people at the grassroots level can ensure that their voices are heard, and do indeed count, in local government planning frameworks.
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Favareto, A
Ruris (Campinas), 1: 157-92.
Na base da emergência do que se convencionou chamar por ânova ruralidadeâ há um deslizamento no conteúdo socia...
Na base da emergência do que se convencionou chamar por ânova ruralidadeâ há um deslizamento no conteúdo social e na qualidade da articulação das suas três dimensões definidoras fundamentais: as relações ruralâurbano, a proximidade com a natureza e os laços interpessoais. Os significados maiores dessa mudança são, de um lado, a erosão do paradigma agrário que sustentou as visões predominantes sobre o rural ao longo de todo o último século e, de outro, a intensificação de um longo e heterogêneo processo de racionalização da vida rural. Um processo através do qual o rural, em vez de desaparecer, se integra por completo à dinâmica mais ampla dos processos de desenvolvimento, por meio tanto da unificação dos diferentes mercados (de trabalho, de produtos e serviços, e de bens simbólicos) como também por meio da criação de instituições que regulam as formas de uso social desses espaços, agora amalgamando interesses que têm por portadores sociais segmentos originários também de outras esferas. Este artigo discute algumas dessas idéias, que conformam a tese de doutorado do autor, a partir de uma análise da longa evolução das relações ruralâurbano, contribuindo assim para se pensar os processos de desenvolvimento rural para além de um viés eminentemente normativo.
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Coelho, VSP & A da Silva, Favareto
In E Dagnino & L Tatagiba (eds) Sociedade Civil, Participacao e Deliberacao na America Latina, Argos: Sao Paulo
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Coelho, VSP & A, Favareto
In E Dagnino & L Tatagiba (eds) Sociedade Civil, Participacao e Deliberacao na America Latina. Argos
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Gaventa J
IDS Working Paper 264
Around the world concepts and constructions of democracy are under contestation. Some analysts see the spread of demo...
Around the world concepts and constructions of democracy are under contestation. Some analysts see the spread of democratic institutional designs as evidence of democracys triumph. Others - across north and south - point to growing democratic deficits and how they threaten democratic legitimacy. This paper focuses on emerging debates within what is often referred to as the deepening democracy field, a school of thinking that focuses on the political project of developing and sustaining more substantive and empowered citizen participation in the democratic process than is often found in representative democracy alone.
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Coelho, VSP
IDS Bulletin, 35(2)
This article examines the experience of municipal and district health councils in the city of São Paulo in the light...
This article examines the experience of municipal and district health councils in the city of São Paulo in the light of the literature on citizen participation in Brazil. The literature has attributed the success or failure of participatory mechanisms either to the degree of civil society involvement, or to the level of commitment to such mechanisms on the part of the political authorities. This begs the question of what happens where both factors are present, but the participatory mechanisms nevertheless remain relatively ineffectual as institutions for promoting the interests of the excluded. Drawing on research into participation in São Pauloâs health councils, the article argues that the success of this type of participatory mechanism depends not only on the involvement and commitment of civil society and state actors, but also on their willingness and ability to promote institutional innovations that guarantee
clear rules of political representation and processes of discussion and decision making that lead to effective participation by representatives who command less technical knowledge and fewer
communicative resources.
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Okwori, JZ & OS, Abah
IDS Bulletin 33(2)
In this article, we examine the question of citizenship and the different ways in which this may determine rights and...
In this article, we examine the question of citizenship and the different ways in which this may determine rights and privileges in Nigeria. The simple, yet complex way in which this can be thrown into sharp relief is to ask the question, Who is a Nigerian citizen? How is this determined and defined by: a) law, b) other factors? Even when citizenship is defined by law or wrested by individuals/groups, it is important to interrogate how Nigerians perceive their own citizenship. Some of the factors to look at include location/space, ethnicity, gender and religion. On the basis of who they think they are and the ways in which they have interpreted their own belonging in the country, people outline what they expect their entitlements to be. How have these expectations been shaped, and do they change over time and space?
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Coelho, VSP, de Andrade, IA & MC, Montoya
IDS Bulletin 33(2)
This article describes Brazils approach to social policy in the light of the debates around the crisis of the Welfare...
This article describes Brazils approach to social policy in the light of the debates around the crisis of the Welfare State and the possibilities opened up by deliberative fora. It highlights the option for a model of state- society co-management, which aims to guarantee citizenship rights and analyses the challenges of implementing this model. Co-management works through Councils, organised from the local to the federal level, with responsibility for the different policy areas and based on a principle of parity in their composition between representatives of civil society, of service providers and of the government. The analysis highlights the institutional framework of these Management Councils, the degree of civil society organization and the coalitions between state and social actors as variables that should be examined by those interested in promoting the expansion of the available resources directed to social policies and their appropriate management. It concludes by proposing a research agenda to advance this model of co-management in order to achieve a broader process of democratisation and inclusion.
