Loading…

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

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gurstein, Penny, Angeles, Leonora C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""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 Stateâ€?Civil Society Relations: A Reinterpretation of Naga Cityâ€?s Experiment in Participatory Governance""; ""Contributors""