Introduction: New Democratic Spaces? The Politics and Dynamics of Institutionalised Participation
Across the world, as new democratic experiments meet withand transformolder forms of governance, political space for public engagement...
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Across the world, as new democratic experiments meet withand transformolder forms of governance, political space for public engagement...
Calls for greater participation of those affected by development interventions in shaping their outcomes have a long history. This...
Since the late 1990s, development institutions have increasingly used the language of rights in their policy and practice. This special...
Participation may have become the buzzword of the 1990s, but the pathways of current enthusiasm for participatory methods stretch back...
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Through the lens of four case studies focused on women’s political participation (Palestine and Sierra Leone), and the passage of domestic violence law (Brazil and South Africa), this paper looks at the role of social and political action in advancing women’s rights.