Reinventing Civil Society
Author : David G. Green
Publisher : Iea Health and Welfare Unit
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : David G. Green
Publisher : Iea Health and Welfare Unit
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 41,86 MB
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1317461177
This guide concentrates on resources that are useful, in an easy-to-use format to enable architects, designers and engineers to access a wealth of knowledge. Information allows users to find, evaluate and contact the resources that can save time and money in day-to-day practice.
Author : Frederick W. Powell
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Community development
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Author : Marta Toch
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,74 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
II. Arrest and Detention
Author : Paul Hirst
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,26 MB
Release : 1996-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780631202639
Democracy is everywhere praised and aspired to as a political system. Yet in established democracies people feel dissatisfied with existing institutions and the levels of accountability they offer. This book explores the ways in which democracy in national states, local government and social institutions can be renewed and extended.
Author : Javier Font
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 1997
Category :
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Author : Michael Edwards
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,3 MB
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745675433
Since its publication in 2004, Civil Society has become a standard work of reference for all those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action in the contemporary world. In this thoroughly-revised edition, Michael Edwards updates the arguments and evidence presented in the original and adds major new material on issues such as civil society in Africa and the Middle East, global civil society, information technology and new forms of citizen organizing. He explains how in the future the pressures of state encroachment, resurgent individualism, and old and familiar forces of nationalism and fundamentalism in new clothes will test and re-shape the practice of citizen action in both positive and negative ways. Civil Society will help readers of all persuasions to navigate these choppy waters with greater understanding, insight and success. Colleges and universities, foundations and NGOs, public policy-makers, journalists and commissions of inquiry – all have used Edwards’s book to understand and strengthen the vital role that civil society can play in deepening democracy, re-building community, and addressing poverty, inequality and injustice. This new edition will be required reading for anyone who is interested in creating a better world through citizen action.
Author : Jude Howell
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,89 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781588260956
Setting out to explore critically the way civil society has entered development thinking, policy and practice as a paradigmatic concept of the 21st century, Howell (development studies, U. of Sussex) and Pearce (Latin American politics, U. of Bradford) trace the historical path leading to the encounter between the ideas of development and civil society in the late 1980s and how donors have translated these into development policy an programs. They find that there are competing normative visions, which have deep roots in Western European political thought, about the role of civil society in relation to the state and market both among donors and within the societies where donors are operating. This leads to donors playing a major role in shaping the character of service provision. They also argue that their study exposes the hitherto unexplored power of the market, as opposed to solely the state, to distort donor programs. c. Book News Inc.
Author : Hollie Russon Gilman
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 34,13 MB
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 081572683X
Participatory Budgeting—the experiment in democracy that could redefine how public budgets are decided in the United States. Democracy Reinvented is the first comprehensive academic treatment of participatory budgeting in the United States, situating it within a broader trend of civic technology and innovation. This global phenomenon, which has been called "revolutionary civics in action" by the New York Times, started in Brazil in 1989 but came to America only in 2009. Participatory budgeting empowers citizens to identify community needs, work with elected officials to craft budget proposals, and vote on how to spend public funds. Democracy Reinvented places participatory budgeting within the larger discussion of the health of U.S. democracy and focuses on the enabling political and institutional conditions. Author and former White House policy adviser Hollie Russon Gilman presents theoretical insights, indepth case studies, and interviews to offer a compelling alternative to the current citizen disaffection and mistrust of government. She offers policy recommendations on how to tap online tools and other technological and civic innovations to promote more inclusive governance. While most literature tends to focus on institutional changes without solutions, this book suggests practical ways to empower citizens to become change agents. Reinvesting in Democracy also includes a discussion on the challenges and opportunities that come with using digital tools to re-engage citizens in governance.
Author : Don E. Eberly
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,92 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780819196149
Sets forth and examines the challenge of restoring health to society and its democratic institutions.