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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 Toronto Buffalo London www.utppublishing.com © University of Toronto Press Incorporated 2007 Toronto Buffalo London Printed in Canada ISBN 978-0-8020-9119-2 Printed on acid-free paper 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. page viii is blank LEARNING CIVIL SOCIETIES: SHIFTING CONTEXTS FOR DEMOCRATIC PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE
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