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Our Shared Stake, Tan K. B. Eugene
Our Shared Stake, Tan K. B. Eugene
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
It's the time of the active citizen. Recent spurts of collective campaigning have mobilised surprising ground support. Eugene Tan analyses the coming age of civil society here through the passionate and visible advocacy of certain groups in recent events.
Carpas, Cuentos, And Corridos: Chicano Arts And Community Building, Tanya Marina Mote
Carpas, Cuentos, And Corridos: Chicano Arts And Community Building, Tanya Marina Mote
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This study suggests that effective forms of participation are grounded in histories of opposition and resistance. The intermediate relationship provided by voluntary associations, unions, clubs and even bowling leagues might teach citizens to act democratically; that is, to participate in activities related to electing leaders, but their usefulness extends beyond conventional politics to efforts to expand public life and to promote democracy through a broader set of activities that combine intensely social and personal public engagement, resistance, protest, and opposition, with conventional efforts to influence leaders. The experiences of community based arts organizations provide a lens to examine both the …