Learning Civil Societies: Shifting Contexts for Democratic Planning and Governance

274 Pages·2007·1.014 MB·English

by  Leonora Angeles (editor)

LEARNING CIVIL SOCIETIES:
SHIFTING CONTEXTS FOR DEMOCRATIC PLANNING
AND GOVERNANCE
Green College Thematic Lecture Series
The Green College Thematic Lecture Series provides leading-edge theory
and research in new fields of interdisciplinary scholarship. Based on a
lecture program and conferences held at Green College, University of
British Columbia, each book brings together scholars from several dis-
ciplines to achieve a new synthesis in knowledge around an important
theme. The series provides a unique opportunity for collaboration be-
tween outstanding Canadian scholars and their counterparts inter-
nationally, as they grapple with the most important issues facing the
world today.
previously published titles
Governing Modern Societies, edited by Richard V. Ericson and Nico Stehr
(2000)
Risk and Morality, edited by Richard Ericson and Aaron Doyle (2003)
Re-alignments of Belonging: The Shifting Foundations of Modern Nation
States, edited by Sima Godfrey and Frank Unger (2004)
Love, Hate, and Fear in Canada’s Cold War, edited by Richard Cavell
(2004)
Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images: Perspectives on the Child Across Time,
Space, and Disciplines, edited by Hillel Goelman, Sheila K. Marshall,
and Sally Ross (2004)
The New Politics of Surveillance and Visibility, edited by Kevin D. Haggerty
and Richard Ericson (2006)
Learning Civil
Societies
Shifting Contexts for Democratic
Planning and Governance
Edited by Penny Gurstein and Leonora Angeles
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Learning civil societies : shifting contexts for democratic planning and
governance / edited by Penny Gurstein and Leonora Angeles.
(Green College thematic lecture series)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8020-9119-2
1. Political participation. 2. Community development. 3. Politics,
Practical. 4. Civil society. 5. Democracy. I. Gurstein, Penelope Cheryl
II. Angeles, Leonora C. III. Series.
JC337.L43 2007 323’.042 C2006-905992-6
This book has been published with the help of grants from Green College,
University of British Columbia, and the School of Community and
Regional Planning, University of British Columbia.
University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to
its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the
Ontario Arts Council.
University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial support for
its publishing activities of the Government of Canada through the
Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP).
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Learning Civil Societies for Democratic Planning
and Governance 3
leonora angeles and penny gurstein
Part 1. Planning, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement
in a Postmodern World 23
1 Postcolonialism and Planning: Where Has It Been?
Where Is It Going? 31
anthony d. king
2 Localities and Cultural Citizenship: Narratives of Racialized Girls
Living In, Through, and Against Whiteness 59
jo-anne jee
3 Creating Digital Public Space: Implications for
Deliberative Engagement 89
penny gurstein
4 Rationality and Surprise: The Drama of Mediation in
Rebuilding Civil Society 118
john forester
vi Contents
Part 2. Civil Society Learning for Democratic Governance 141
5 Social Movements, Civil Society, and Learning in a
World at Risk 143
budd l. hall
6 Learning and Teaching for Transformation: Insights from
a Collaborative Learning Initiative 172
peter taylor, jethro pettit, and lucy stackpool-moore
7 The Myth of Community? Implications for Civil Society
Organizations and Democratic Governance 196
irene guijt
8 Renegotiating Decentralization and State–Civil Society Relations:
A Reinterpretation of Naga City’s Experiment in
Participatory Governance 226
leonora angeles
Contributors 263
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Bert Monterona, whose painting Reconciliation
appears on the cover of this book. This painting won an award at the
2006 Inter-faith Calendar Competition in Canada, and is a fitting visual
representation of the aim of this book in its depiction of people in
dialogue for peace and collaborative endeavours. We would also like to
thank the anonymous reviewers of this volume, and Green College and
the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of
British Columbia for their support in its publication.
Leonora Angeles thanks Mayor Jesse Robredo, and long-time Naga
residents, Soliman and Doods Santos, for introducing her to Naga’s city
staff and government officials. Penny Gurstein would like to thank the
graduate students in PLAN 548L – Engaging Civil Societies in Demo-
cratic Planning and Governance, who grappled with the issues raised
by the contributors to this volume.
We would like to thank our families, Murray, Nathan, and Seneca
Forster, and Howard Rotberg and Natasha Gurstein, for their love,
patience, and support while we worked on this book.
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SHIFTING CONTEXTS FOR DEMOCRATIC PLANNING
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