Title:
Participation and democracy in the twenty-first century city
Author:
Pearce, Jenny.
ISBN:
9780230229440
Publication Information:
Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Physical Description:
xiv, 263 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Non-governmental public action
Non-governmental public action series.
Contents:
Co-producing knowledge : critical reflections on researching participation / Jenny Pearce -- Porto Alegre : popular sovereignty or dependent citizens? / Sérgio Gregorio Baierle -- Porto Alegre : from municipal innovations to the culturally embedded micro-politics of (un)emancipated citizens : the case of rubbish recyclers / Zander Navarro -- Caracas : the state and peoples' power in the barrio / Margarita Lopez Maya -- Medellín : participatory creativity in a conflictive city / Omar Uran -- Manchester : between the grassroots and city hall : participation in a global city / John Diamond and Jenny Pearce -- Bradford : professionalised participation in a northern de-industrialised city / Heather Blakey -- Salford : beyond parochialism : the challenge of participation for change in a working class city / Davina Miller -- Participation as a field of study and practice : a modest contribution / Jenny Pearce.
Abstract:
This work is based on research in six cities, three in Latin America and three in the UK, to explore the significance of different frameworks of democracy and also the practice of participation which emerges. It argues that participation can be the basis for democracy if we are prepared to see it as a process of continuous learning.
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