Title: Participatory governance as deliberative empowerment : the cultural politics of discursive space

Authors: Fisher, Frank

Place: [London etc.]

Publisher: Sage

Year: 2006

Journal: American review of public administration

Volume: Vol. 36, No. 1

PAGE: 19--40

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, popular participation, political participation, cultural and social anthropology, india

Abstract: This article argues that there is a need to enrich the theory of citizen participation and the design of deliberation practices through greater attention to the cultural politics of deliberative space. This could be achieved by employing cultural and pedagogical strategies.

URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.124.1442&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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