Spaces for Change?

The Politics of Citizen Participation in New Democratic Arenas

By: Andrea Cornwall (Editor), Vera Schatten Coelho (Editor)

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Paperback | 30 November 2006 | Edition Number 1

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This book addresses one of the greatest challenges of our age: that of building democratic polities where all can realize their rights and claim substantive citizenship. In recent years, innovations in governance have created a plethora of new democratic spaces in many countries. Yet there remains a gap between the intention to institutionalize participation and the reality of exclusion of poorer and marginalized citizens.

Through case studies of a diversity of institutions - hospital facility boards in South Africa, a national-level deliberative process in Canada, sectoral management councils and community groups in Brazil, India, Mexico and Bangladesh, participatory budgeting in Argentina, NGO-created forums in Angola and Bangladesh, community forums in the UK, and new intermediary spaces created by social movements in South Africa - contributors examine how the democratic potential of these new spaces might be enhanced.

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This book constitutes a thorough and stimulating guide to the prospects for this emerging participatory sphere. It combines theoretical sophistication with incisive case analysis of deliberative spaces, with a much-needed focus on the developing world. * John Dryzek, Australian National University *
The various contributions to this extremely significant volume, painstakingly and effectively bridge the chasm between normative theories of participative democracy on the one hand, and empirical analysis on the other. Democratic theorists and development practitioners will learn and cite from this volume for years to come. * Neera Chandhoke, University of Delhi *

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