This article analyses the process by which lay citizens acquire new knowledge through participation and, reciprocally, how elected officials, civil servants, and associative leaders may learn from lay citizens. The aim is to develop a better understanding of the relationships and dynamics between these different stakeholders since the turn towards ...
Published in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
This paper emphasizes the importance of participative governance in the study of social enterprise. Furthermore, it argues that social enterprise must be analyzed through a multi-dimensional perspective. The EMES approach is based on three dimensions emphasizing the social, economic, and political dimension, while many Anglo-American definitions te...
La crise de confiance actuellement traversée par les démocraties occidentales oblige à repenser la place du citoyen au sein de celles-ci. Il s'agit en effet de le replacer au cœur du processus décisionnel de sorte que la démocratie redevienne véritablement l'expression de la volonté générale. Tant que ce recentrage n'aura pas lieu, l'engagement cit...
Published in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
At both the multilateral and regional levels, there have been efforts to address the democratic deficit in trade negotiations. One such example is the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific group of countries where civil society participation was enshrined in the Cotonou Agreement. Yet, th...
Since its earliest public appearances, Podemos has claimed the development of participatory processes as one of its distinguishing marks, as well as the creation of new forms of representation. This paper pays attention to some of the innovations, which have been introduced in these areas, and establishes some key elements for future analysis. / De...
Published in Qualitative Sociology
This article challenges the widely held view that populist mobilization and participatory democracy are incompatible. Ethnographic data from Chávez-era Venezuela show that while populist mobilization cannot directly generate participatory democracy, it can set in motion a process that indirectly leads to this result: By creating but failing to fulf...
Ayant pour ambition de « rendre la parole » aux populations déshéritées de la ville de Pikine, banlieue de la capitale sénégalaise, Débat local est l’émission politique interactive de la radio communautaire Air’Jeunes fondée à la fin des années quatre-vingt-dix à l’initiative des associations de jeunes de la région dakaroise avec le soutien d’une g...
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Published in Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
The Hanford Advisory Board (HAB) is a broadly representative, deliberative body that provides formal policy advice on Department of Energy (DOE) proposals and decisions at the Hanford nuclear cleanup site near Richland, Washington. Despite considerable skepticism about the effectiveness of citizen advisory boards, we contend that the HAB offers pro...
The article begins with some reflections on the current situation of democracy and participation, marked by the systemic crisis in which we live. In the second part we deal with the relationships that exist between the profession and university training in social work, and between those and citizen participation programs run from social services. P...
