Deliberative Participation in Local Development Export

@article{citeulike:1682769, abstract = {In this paper I aim to improve the theory and practice of participation in local, grassroots, or micro-development initiatives. First, I classify weaker and stronger types of participation and, in relation to these accounts, I propose and explain an ideal of deliberative participation derived from the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. Second, in relation to these types of participation and especially the deliberative ideal, I evaluate Sabina Alkire's recent efforts, in <i>Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction,</i> to apply Sen's theory to micro-projects. Although I find much to approve of in her approach to grassroots participation, I argue that it could be strengthened by features of deliberative participation. Third, I analyze and rebut three charges leveled against Sen's democratic turn, deliberative democracy, and deliberative participation \&mdash; namely, these allied accounts are flawed by too much indeterminacy, too little autonomy, and insufficient realism with respect to asymmetries of power.}, author = {Crocker, David A.}, citeulike-article-id = {1682769}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649880701462379}, doi = {10.1080/14649880701462379}, journal = {Journal of Human Development}, keywords = {collective\_capability, governance, participation, poverty}, number = {3}, pages = {431--455}, posted-at = {2007-09-21 16:34:13}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Deliberative Participation in Local Development}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649880701462379}, volume = {8}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1682769 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1682769 N2 - In this paper I aim to improve the theory and practice of participation in local, grassroots, or micro-development initiatives. First, I classify weaker and stronger types of participation and, in relation to these accounts, I propose and explain an ideal of deliberative participation derived from the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. Second, in relation to these types of participation and especially the deliberative ideal, I evaluate Sabina Alkire's recent efforts, in <i>Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction,</i> to apply Sen's theory to micro-projects. Although I find much to approve of in her approach to grassroots participation, I argue that it could be strengthened by features of deliberative participation. Third, I analyze and rebut three charges leveled against Sen's democratic turn, deliberative democracy, and deliberative participation &mdash; namely, these allied accounts are flawed by too much indeterminacy, too little autonomy, and insufficient realism with respect to asymmetries of power. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Human Development EP - 455 TI - Deliberative Participation in Local Development PB - Routledge VL - 8 SP - 431 KW - collective_capability KW - governance KW - participation KW - poverty AU - Crocker, David PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649880701462379 ER -