Learning Civil Societies : : Shifting Contexts for Democratic Planning and Governance /

Learning Civil Societies : : Shifting Contexts for Democratic Planning and Governance / / ed. by Penny Gurstein, Leonora Angeles.

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As public issues stretch out to affect an ever expanding population, democratizing planning and governance becomes increasingly important. How localized communities embrace the progressive qualities of civil society is a critical topic in an era where diverse and divergent forces often counteract ci...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Angeles, Leonora,
Forester, John,
Guijt, Irene,
Gurstein, Penny,
Hall, Budd L.,
King, Anthony D.,
Lee, Jo-Anne,
Pettit, Jethro,
Stackpool-Moore, Lucy,
Taylor, Peter,
HerausgeberIn:
Angeles, Leonora,
Gurstein, Penny,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2007
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Green College Thematic Lecture Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Learning Civil Societies for Democratic Planning and Governance
  • Part 1. Planning, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement in a Postmodern World
  • 1. Postcolonialism and Planning: Where Has It Been? Where Is It Going?
  • 2. Localities and Cultural Citizenship: Narratives of Racialized Girls Living In, Through, and Against Whiteness
  • 3. Creating Digital Public Space: Implications for Deliberative Engagement
  • 4. Rationality and Surprise: The Drama of Mediation in Rebuilding Civil Society
  • Part 2. Civil Society Learning for Democratic Governance
  • 5. Social Movements, Civil Society, and Learning in a World at Risk
  • 6. Learning and Teaching for Transformation: Insights from a Collaborative Learning Initiative
  • 7. The Myth of Community? Implications for Civil Society Organizations and Democratic Governance
  • 8. Renegotiating Decentralization and State-Civil Society Relations: A Reinterpretation of Naga City's Experiment in Participatory Governance
  • Contributors

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