Abstract The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has recently made numerous
commitments to engage civil society organizations (CSOs) in its governance practices …

The book examines the interacting political, economic and other transformations in the world
that bear upon the prospects for popular participation. It initially reviews competing …

Participation has established itself as a significant approach to project implementation,
policy-making and governance in developing and developed countries alike. Recently …

Mobilizing for Democracy is an in-depth study into how ordinary citizens and their
organizations mobilize to deepen democracy. Featuring a collection of new empirical case …

This book is the first comprehensive, systematic investigation of the connection between civil
society and political change in Asia--change toward open, participatory, and accountable …

The authors of Informal Politics in East Asia argue that political interaction within the informal
dimension (behind-the-scenes politics) is at least as common and influential, though not …

One dominant trend among academics concerned with'participatory'development has been
to stand on the side of disadvantaged groups and to explore correctives to counter the forces …

Political redemocratization now occurring in numerous countries of Asia and Latin America
challenges both the rule of dictators and their elitist development strategies. This essay …

A key problem that critiques of 'participatory development'have highlighted is its potential to
reinforce rather than challenge power relations, and thus to fall short of its own declared …

This book addresses one of the greatest challenges of our age: that of building democratic
polities where all can realize their rights and claim substantive citizenship. In recent years …