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Participation, Power and Social Change Team
Linking research, learning and action to build just and sustainable societies
Inclusive Citizenship and Governance
Our work into the meanings of citizenship and forms of citizen engagement in different settings includes:
- participation in policy processes
- citizen participation in local governance
- citizen engagements in a globalising world
- civil society mobilisation and engagement for policy change and for claiming rights
- Champions of Participation - Promoting greater citizen participation in local governance through international dialogue and exchange. (Ongoing)
- Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability - Exploring approaches that work to strengthen rights and meaningful citizenship for poor people (Ongoing)
- Participation and National Policy - Citizen engagement with the state and the formation of national policies (Ongoing)
Related Projects
- Kahane, D. and von Lieres, B. (2011) 'Teaching and Learning Democracy: Collaborative Development of Courses on Citizenship', IDS Practice Paper 7, Brighton: IDS
- Hospes, O. and Clancy, J.S. (2011) 'Unpacking the Discourse of Social Inclusion in Value Chains' in Helmsing, A.H.J. and Vellema, S. (eds), Value Chains, Inclusion and Endogenous Development: Contrasting Theories and Realities, Abingdon: Routledge
- Houtzager, P. and Acharya, A. (2011) 'Associations, Active Citizenship, and the Quality of Democracy in Brazil and Mexico', Theory and Society 40.1:1-36
- Hossain, N. (2010) 'Rude Accountability: Informal Pressures on Frontline Bureaucrats in Bangladesh', Development and Change 41.5:907-928, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Gaventa, J. and McGee, R. (2010) Citizen Action and National Policy Reform: Making Change Happen, London: Zed Books
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