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Participatory democracy at the crossroads
September 2008
TNI
 Eurotopia No. 5

‘Citizens’ participation’ is a fashionable political concept, but one that increasingly means all things to all people. It is time to reclaim ‘participation’ from those who would use it simply to legitimise existing political institutions. This issue of Eurotopia explores different models of...

Participation in Italy
September 2008
Anna Pizzo

Anna Pizzo is a director of Carta (a partner in Eurotopia), and has been a councillor for three years in the Lazio region. Inspired by the experience of Porto Alegre, she has been working on ‘the borderline’ between the movements and the political institutions...

Managing water through participative processes: the case of Catalonia
September 2008
Jordi Pacheco i Canals

Carlos, who is 13 years od, has left his house to go fishing. Not far away, there is a reservoir where he spends long hours watching the birds nest while he waits to catch a fish or two.

Participatory Democracy in 6 Steps
September 2008
Tomás Rodríguez Villasante

Participatory Democracy in 6 Steps.

Participatory democracy in Europe
September 2008
Jax Jacobsen

Since 2002, the number of municipalities across Europe which have taken up participatory budgeting in some form has grown from just a handful to well over 150. Yet the nature – and success – of the schemes varies widely.

Interview with Jeronimo Fernandez Cortes
September 2008
Eurotopia Team

Jeronimo Fernandez Cortes, 43, is a member of the Federación de Asociaciones Gitanas Calí (Federation of Gypsy Calí Associations), an organisation that is a participant in the Albacete Participation Forum. 

If participative democracy is the answer, what is the question?
September 2008
Joan Subirats
‘Citizens’ participation’ is a fashionable political concept, but one that increasingly means all things to all people. It is time to reclaim ‘participation’ from those who would use it simply to legitimise existing political institutions, argues Joan Subirats.
Facing the problems, learning the lessons
September 2008
Hilary Wainwright

Everywhere – from Brazil to Britain, from Barcelona to Berlin – the reality behind the language of ‘participation’ is contested, complex and contradictory. To encourage and support participatory democracy, a political party has to lead processes of experimentation, critical reflection and...

Public Services in Europe
May 2007
TNI
 Eurotopia No. 4

The future of public services is the subject of conflict in Europe. Believers in privatisation and liberalization stand face to face with those that see the risks. Eurotopia Issue 4 goes into examples of failure and offers a look at successful alternatives to privatisation.

Privatisation in Europe
May 2007
TNI
 Paolo Andruccioli
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