Mark Dean, Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University, continues his examination of government policy responses to manufacturing deindustrialisation in this two-part series: Manufacturing engagement.
2 years ago
In Part II of their series on fiscal trust, Dina Graser and Pamela Robinson uncover five practical ingredients necessary for building public and fiscal trust and ask, what does trust mean and how do government’s gain fiscal trust with communities in supporting public infrastructure?
2 years ago
Is Facebook more likely to encourage political participation among young people? Darren G. Lilleker, Head of the Centre for Politics and Media Research, Bournemouth University, brings into focus where, how and why young people engage – and disengage – with politics.
2 years ago
Since 2012 Deakin University and Pozible.com have funded research for social good – research that may otherwise be sidelined by traditional channels. Fiona McKay, School of Health and Social Development, expands on the current campaign for food security for asylum seekers in a mobile fresh food market, the Food Justice Truck.
2 years ago
Dina Graser, Senior Advisor at the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance, University of Toronto and Pamela Robinson, Associate Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University, suggest citizen engagement processes can be mapped onto dimensions of “trust”.
2 years ago
The Scratch online community addresses children’s civic engagement. Children and youth are provided a space to program, share, and discuss interactive media projects. A project by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, members have shared over 16.3 million projects and 87.4 million project comments.
3 years ago
Redesigning civic education, Joseph Kahne, Erica Hodgin, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl interrogate digital practice to better understand youth democratic engagement.
3 years ago
Across over ten countries, Sintomer, Rocke and Herzeberg’s ‘Participatory Budgeting in Europe’ explores governance, social justice and gender mainstreaming in contemporary Europe.
3 years ago
Creating meaning in the practice of public participation in governance is addressed by Kathryn S. Quick and John M. Bryson in ‘Handbook on Theories of Governance’, edited by Jacob Torbing and Chris Ansell.
3 years ago
How can communities leverage twitter for civic engagement? Alison N. Novak, Kristine Johnson and Manuel Pontes examine community use of #Latinotwitter.
3 years ago
Tina Nabatchi and Matt Leighninger offer a comprehensive exploration of public participation theory and practice in their new book, ‘Public Participation for 21st Century Democracy’.
3 years ago
Illustrating tensions between representative and direct democracy after Brexit, Luciando Floridi suggests digital technologies will continue to shape a European future.
3 years ago
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