Wanted! 'Strong publics' for uncertain times
TheActive Citizenship in Central Americaproject
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3886306 |
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| Authors | Barry Cannon (0000-0002-5205-6634, North-West State Technical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 649-663 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2010.491533 |
| OpenAlex | W2010314386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article places the experiences of the Active Citizenship in Central America project, led by Dublin City University, within wider discussions on the role of civil society in building democracy and furthering development. The article examines project development and content and assesses its effectiveness, using a framework derived from Nancy Fraser’s (1993) Fraser, Nancy (1993) ‘Rethinking the public sphere: a contribution to the critique of actually existing democracy’, in Calhoun (1993). [Google Scholar] concept of ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ publics. It finds that the project oscillates between these positions, and it makes policy recommendations to help to move it closer to a ‘strong publics’ conception. It ends by asserting that in the current conjuncture a ‘strong publics’ conception is a useful guiding principle for the design of development projects to strengthen civil society
Active citizenship · Citizenship · Civil society · Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Publics · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics
| Highly cited | No |
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