Abstract
Politics is central to development discourse, yet remains peripheral. And, over
some twenty years, a civil society narrative has not fulfilled its potential to
‘bring politics back in’. Reasons can be found in conceptual confusion, in
selectivity in donor thinking and policies towards civil society and in the
growth-driven political economy of NGO-ism. Remedies for the political
lacunae are being sought through a focus on rights, citizenship and leadership
that show valuable, focused progress. This paper examines a comprehensive
complement to such efforts referred to as civic driven change (CDC). Originating
in a grounded empirical approach, the constituent principles and elements of
CDC offer a lens that can both sharpen and deepen insights and advance
analysis of socio-political processes. As a work in progress, a CDC narrative is
illustrated by reference to contemporary examples of citizen action that play
out at multiple sites of governance.
Keywords
Civil society; Civic Driven Change; Citizenship; Institutional sectors; Power;
Civic agency; Empowerment; Micro-politics
http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/30559/wp529.pdf
Politics is central to development discourse, yet remains peripheral. And, over
some twenty years, a civil society narrative has not fulfilled its potential to
‘bring politics back in’. Reasons can be found in conceptual confusion, in
selectivity in donor thinking and policies towards civil society and in the
growth-driven political economy of NGO-ism. Remedies for the political
lacunae are being sought through a focus on rights, citizenship and leadership
that show valuable, focused progress. This paper examines a comprehensive
complement to such efforts referred to as civic driven change (CDC). Originating
in a grounded empirical approach, the constituent principles and elements of
CDC offer a lens that can both sharpen and deepen insights and advance
analysis of socio-political processes. As a work in progress, a CDC narrative is
illustrated by reference to contemporary examples of citizen action that play
out at multiple sites of governance.
Keywords
Civil society; Civic Driven Change; Citizenship; Institutional sectors; Power;
Civic agency; Empowerment; Micro-politics
http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/30559/wp529.pdf
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