The Limits Of Participation

Author : Riet van Bremen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004218789

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The Limits of Participation by Riet van Bremen Pdf

In the cities of the Greek East, during the late Hellenistic and Roman periods, female members of local ruling elites played a prominent and visible role in public life. In the large body of inscriptions documenting public life in the cities of Asia Minor (and to a lesser extent mainland Greece and the islands) they appear as civic benefactors, or undertaking civic offices and liturgies. In previous studies of this subject, attention has focussed almost entirely on the nature of women's 'political' prominence, which is usually interpreted as a result of increased female in-dependence and power in the legal and economic sphere. This study argues that notions of 'emancipation' or 'increased freedom and power' rest on a misinterpretation of women's social, legal and economic position, and are unhelpful in understanding the general developments that affected women's civic roles.

Author : Faron Ellis
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781552381564

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The Limits of Participation by Faron Ellis Pdf

The Limits of Participation: Members and Leaders in Canada's Reform Party provides an historical account of the Canadian Reform Party, which shattered the established pattern of Canadian party politics in the late twentieth century. Faron Ellis provides an analysis of the party's development as it struggled to build an organization capable of bridging the policy demands of its members with the strategic plans of its leaders. The book examines the party from the perspective of its members by focusing on the opinion structure of activists who helped found Reform, build it into Canada's official opposition, and eventually decommission it in pursuit of power.

Author : Faron Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1553815602

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Author : Mike Calhoun,Mel Walker
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418552756

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Pushing the Limits by Mike Calhoun,Mel Walker Pdf

What would you give to sit down with some of the most influential youth workers in the country? Not just the big names but those individuals who have proven time after time that they have a passion for reaching teens today that is pushing the limits of traditional youth ministry? In Pushing the Limits, veteran youth workers Mike Calhoun and Mel Walker have collected some of the best writing from youth pastors and leaders in churches big and small around the country who are doing what it takes to tap into the true potential of youth ministry. They give you the opportunity to find out what these youth leaders are doing that is making an impact and put it to work in your own ministry.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Forest conservation
ISBN : 9289307579

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Have a "good Participation" by Anonim Pdf

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Author : Frans H. J. M. Coenen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402093258

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Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions by Frans H. J. M. Coenen Pdf

Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions is about a specific ‘promise’ that participation holds for environmental decision-making. Many of the arguments for public participation in (inter)national environmental policy documents are functional, that is to say they see public participation as a means to an end. Sound solutions to environmental problems require participation beyond experts and political elites. Neglecting information from the public leads to legitimacy questions and potential conflicts. There is a discourse in the literature and in policy practice as to whether decision-making improves in quality as additional relevant information by the public is considered. The promise that public participation holds has to be weighed against the limitations of public participation in terms of costs and interest conflicts. The question that Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions seeks to answer for academics, planners and civil servants in all environmental relevant policy fields is: What restricts and what enables information to hold the ‘promise’ that public participation lead to better environmental decision-making and better outcomes?

Author : Assoc Prof Lars Uggerhøj,Professor Aila-Leena Matthies
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472407498

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Participation, Marginalization and Welfare Services by Assoc Prof Lars Uggerhøj,Professor Aila-Leena Matthies Pdf

Current debates around participation and marginalization dominate the agenda of many European political forums. There is an increasing concern about the stability of social cohesion and a growing number of particular groups of people who are regarded as being at risk of being socially excluded or marginalized. This volume goes beyond the surface of public discussions to look at the central role played by welfare services in European societies in either strengthening or hindering participatory citizenship and democracy. In current discussions welfare services - understood in a broad sense - are centrally positioned: there are high expectations that welfare services can hinder marginalization and enable participation. Yet marginalization is, in most cases, rooted in the deeper structures of society, with economy, participation and involvement dependent on political or highly personal factors, which are beyond the scope of welfare services. This groundbreaking volume posits that participation and marginalization are ‘twin’ concepts, expressing opposing sides of one and the same processes faced by individuals and communities. It will be essential reading for social workers, sociologists and policy-makers throughout Europe.

Author : James A. Morone
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300147120

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The Democratic Wish by James A. Morone Pdf

This prize-winning book reinterprets more than 200 years of American political history as the interplay between the public’s dread of government power and its yearning for communal democracy. James Morone argues that Americans will never solve their collective problems as long as they instinctively fear all public power as a threat to liberty. This revised edition includes a new final chapter about contemporary populism, government bashing, and democratic wishes.Winner of the 1991 Gladys M. Kammerer Award“The Democratic Wish merits the highest compliments one can accord a public policy book. It spotlights a problem that can no longer be evaded. And it makes you think.”-Alan Tonelson, New York Times Book Review“Morone writes with flair and passion. The fact that he puts forth a provocative argument and provides concise histories of labor, civil rights, and health care politics makes this book especially useful for teaching American politics.”-R. Shep Melnick, Journal of Interdisciplinary History“Morone’s contribution to our understanding of state building . . . is substantial and profound.”-John S. Dryzek, American Political Science Review“This stimulating reinterpretation of American political history will interest both scholars concerned about the past and citizens concerned about the future.”-Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.“This is a persuasive, illuminating study in American political ideas and the disappointments of reform.”-Dean McSweeney, American Politics Review.

Author : Markus Miessen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : City planning
ISBN : 1934105562

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The Nightmare of Participation by Markus Miessen Pdf

Including an introduction by Eyal Weizman, a conversation with Chantal Mouffe, an interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and post-scripts by Bassam El Baroni, Jeremy Beaudry, and Carson Chan. Welcome to Harmonistan! Over the last decade, the term "participation" has become increasingly overused. When everyone has been turned into a participant, the often uncritical, innocent, and romantic use of the term has become frightening. Supported by a repeatedly nostalgic veneer of worthiness, phony solidarity, and political correctness, participation has become the default of politicians withdrawing from responsibility. Similar to the notion of an independent politician dissociated from a specific party, this third part of Miessen's "Participation" trilogy encourages the role of what he calls the "crossbench practitioner," an "uninterested outsider" and "uncalled participator" who is not limited by existing protocols, and who enters the arena with nothing but creative intellect and the will to generate change.

Author : Ortwin Renn,Thomas Webler,Peter Wiedemann,Peter M. Wiedemann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995-10-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780792335177

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Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation by Ortwin Renn,Thomas Webler,Peter Wiedemann,Peter M. Wiedemann Pdf

A vital issue facing the citizens and governments of modern democracies is the direct participation of the public in the solution of environmental problems. Governments are increasingly experimenting with approaches that give citizens a greater say in the environmental debate. Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation addresses a crucial question: How can we measure the performance of the citizen participation process? A novel approach to the problem is taken by viewing public participation as an act of communication. Drawing on Jürgen Habermas' Critical Theory of Communication, a normative framework is developed around the central area of citizen participation and competence in knowledge verification. A milestone on the road of citizen participation and applied critical theory, the book provides a sound theoretical and methodological basis for the systematic evaluation of models for environmental discourse. Eight models of citizen participation are studied, from North America and Europe. Each model is evaluated and criticized in paired chapters written by prominent scholars. Audience: Planners and citizens alike will find pragmatic advice in the evaluations.

Author : Gedeon M. Mudacumura,Desta Mebratu,M. Shamsul Haque
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781420027471

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Sustainable Development Policy and Administration by Gedeon M. Mudacumura,Desta Mebratu,M. Shamsul Haque Pdf

Sustainable Development Policy and Administration provides a learning resource describing the major issues that are critical to understanding the multiple dimensions of sustainable development. The overall theme of each contributed chapter in this book is the urgent need to promote global sustainability while adding insights into the challenges facing the current and future generations. This volume brings together diverse contributions that cover the multiple facets of development, resulting in a rich reference for students, development managers, and others interested in this emerging field.

Author : Marina Sitrin,Dario Azzellini
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781680971

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They Can't Represent Us! by Marina Sitrin,Dario Azzellini Pdf

Mass protest movements in disparate places such as Greece, Argentina, and the United States ultimately share an agenda—to raise the question of what democracy should mean. These horizontalist movements, including Occupy, exercise and claim participatory democracy as the ground of revolutionary social change today. Written by two international activist intellectuals and based on extensive interviews with movement participants in Spain, Venezuela, Argentina, across the United States, and elsewhere, this book is an expansive portrait of the assemblies, direct democracy forums, and organizational forms championed by the new movements, as well as an analytical history of direct and participatory democracy from ancient Athens to Zuccotti Park. The new movements put forward the idea that liberal democracy is not democratic, nor was it ever.

Author : Leonardo Avritzer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786436658

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The Two Faces of Institutional Innovation by Leonardo Avritzer Pdf

This book evaluates democratic innovations to allow a full analysis of the different practices that have emerged recently in Latin America. These innovations, often viewed in a positive light by a large section of democratic theorists, engendered the idea that all innovations are democratic and all democratic innovations are able to foster citizenship – a view challenged by this work. The book also evaluates the expansion of innovation to the field of judicial institutions. It will benefit democratic theorists by presenting a realistic analysis of the positive and negative aspects of democratic innovation.

Author : Bill Cooke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999*
Category : Social participation
ISBN : 1900728850

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The Social-psychological Limits of Participation? by Bill Cooke Pdf

Author : David McConnell
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335226399

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EBOOK: E-Learning Groups and Communities by David McConnell Pdf

How can we design networked e-learning courses to ensure students participate in them and engage in quality learning outcomes? What happens in an e-learning course that is designed to foster group work and a sense of ‘community’? How can we research e-learning practice in ways that will enhance the processes of learning and teaching? This book outlines approaches to networked e-learning course design that are underpinned by a belief that students learn best in these contexts when they are organised in groups and communities. As such, the book is one of the first to provide a detailed analysis of what goes on in e-learning groups and communities. But how do students react to working in e-learning groups and communities? What determines their willingness to adopt new forms of learning in order to participate in these new courses? What actually happens in an e-learning community, and what impact does this have on students and tutors? This book examines these key questions through a variety of research approaches aimed at exploring the experience of e-learners as they participate in successful e-groups and communities. It also offers ways in which learning outcomes may be achieved in these communities and outlines the specific skills that students would develop through e-learning. E-learning Groups and Communities is essential reading for teachers, trainers, managers, researchers and students involved in e-learning courses as well as people interested in improving the quality of the learning experience.