Workshop on New Forms of Local Governance and Civil Society
19 June 2008 - 21 June 2008
Denmark
More specifically we are interested in identifying local dynamics between civil society, private sector and public sector within some relevant policy sectors such as welfare services, social exclusion, minority representation and local development policy.
Recent literature on local governance highlights that deep transformations in how policies are delivered are taking place across Europe.
The meaning of the term governance can be divided in two categories. In the first category (the old governance) questions are asked about how and with what conceivable outcomes the state steers society and the economy through political brokerage and by defining goals and making priorities.
The other theoretical view on governance looks at various forms of formal and informal publicprivate interactions, and focuses on the role of policy networks and on the benefits of bottom-up and participatory approaches to policy-making. We focus on this second understanding of governance in order to compare forms of civil society participation and engagement in local policy
processes.
The WP aims at collecting case studies on new participatory forms of governance in rural and urban areas. A number of research questions will be addressed using a comparative approach:
* How do civil society, public and private sectors interact in different localities?
* What is the role played by civil society organisations in participatory policy-making?
* What are the links between participatory devices and representative institutions?
* How to characterize the institutional settings in which public and civil society actors interact?
* What are the expectations linked to the adoption of participatory approach?
* Under which conditions are participatory devices able to deliver consensual decisions?
* To which extent the forms taken by local governance contributes to or undermines local democracy?
Workshop web: http://www.cinefogo.org/workpackages/wp31/wp31-workshop-on-new-forms-of-local-governance-and-civil-society/?portal_status_message=Changes%20saved.About(opens in new window) CINEFOGO
CINEFOGO is an acronym for Network of Excellence “Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe – the Making of European Citizenship”. CINEFOGO aims at enhancing the understanding of social and democratic processes, citizenship and de-mocratic participation in Europe. It seeks to provide knowledge about civil society, citizenship and social protection, nourish a public debate on governance and strengthen intellectual co-operation. To learn more on CINEFOGO, visit http://www.cinefogo.org(opens in new window) or send an e-mail to secretariat@cinefogo.org. The CINEFOGO Network of Excellence is supported by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 7: New Forms of Citizenship and Cultural Identities of the European Union.
Recent literature on local governance highlights that deep transformations in how policies are delivered are taking place across Europe.
The meaning of the term governance can be divided in two categories. In the first category (the old governance) questions are asked about how and with what conceivable outcomes the state steers society and the economy through political brokerage and by defining goals and making priorities.
The other theoretical view on governance looks at various forms of formal and informal publicprivate interactions, and focuses on the role of policy networks and on the benefits of bottom-up and participatory approaches to policy-making. We focus on this second understanding of governance in order to compare forms of civil society participation and engagement in local policy
processes.
The WP aims at collecting case studies on new participatory forms of governance in rural and urban areas. A number of research questions will be addressed using a comparative approach:
* How do civil society, public and private sectors interact in different localities?
* What is the role played by civil society organisations in participatory policy-making?
* What are the links between participatory devices and representative institutions?
* How to characterize the institutional settings in which public and civil society actors interact?
* What are the expectations linked to the adoption of participatory approach?
* Under which conditions are participatory devices able to deliver consensual decisions?
* To which extent the forms taken by local governance contributes to or undermines local democracy?
Workshop web: http://www.cinefogo.org/workpackages/wp31/wp31-workshop-on-new-forms-of-local-governance-and-civil-society/?portal_status_message=Changes%20saved.About(opens in new window) CINEFOGO
CINEFOGO is an acronym for Network of Excellence “Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe – the Making of European Citizenship”. CINEFOGO aims at enhancing the understanding of social and democratic processes, citizenship and de-mocratic participation in Europe. It seeks to provide knowledge about civil society, citizenship and social protection, nourish a public debate on governance and strengthen intellectual co-operation. To learn more on CINEFOGO, visit http://www.cinefogo.org(opens in new window) or send an e-mail to secretariat@cinefogo.org. The CINEFOGO Network of Excellence is supported by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 7: New Forms of Citizenship and Cultural Identities of the European Union.