Democratising Engagement
29 Apr
What the UK can learn from international experience
- Date and time:
- Tuesday, 29th April 2008 at 6:00pm
- Location:
- Demos, 3rd Floor Magdalen House, 136 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TU
Jamie Bartlett – (Chair) Demos
Andrea Cornwall – Institute of Development Studies
John Gaventa – Institute of Development Studies
Marion Barnes – Professor of Social Policy, University of Brighton
Hilary Wainwright – Editor of Red Pepper
Ed Cox – Policy Adviser to Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for CLG
Launch of a new Demos pamphlet on citizen engagement
Demos and the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex will launch a new publication entitled Democratising Engagement: What the UK can learn from international experience by Professor Andrea Cornwall.
How citizens actively engage in governance, and how to foster genuine and inclusive participation, are issues of global importance. The publication draws lessons for the UK from a recently published book, Spaces for Change: the Politics of Citizen Participation in New Democratic Arenas.
The event will involve speaker presentations on recent UK initiatives, including local government ‘Champions of Participation’, and will look at lessons from experiences of extending citizen engagement in governance from all around the world.
To RSVP please call the Demos switchboard on 020 7367 4200. Please note that places are limited.
Andrea Cornwall – Institute of Development Studies
John Gaventa – Institute of Development Studies
Marion Barnes – Professor of Social Policy, University of Brighton
Hilary Wainwright – Editor of Red Pepper
Ed Cox – Policy Adviser to Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for CLG
Launch of a new Demos pamphlet on citizen engagement
Demos and the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex will launch a new publication entitled Democratising Engagement: What the UK can learn from international experience by Professor Andrea Cornwall.
How citizens actively engage in governance, and how to foster genuine and inclusive participation, are issues of global importance. The publication draws lessons for the UK from a recently published book, Spaces for Change: the Politics of Citizen Participation in New Democratic Arenas.
The event will involve speaker presentations on recent UK initiatives, including local government ‘Champions of Participation’, and will look at lessons from experiences of extending citizen engagement in governance from all around the world.
To RSVP please call the Demos switchboard on 020 7367 4200. Please note that places are limited.
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