Edition 24: Participation Society

The world is on the cusp of profound change, triggered by the global financial crisis and climate change. At the same time the internet
provides limitless opportunities for civic engagement for new forms
of engagement.

This is not a moment for despair. Participation, openness, collaboration, innovation, sustainability and social capital are the new buzz words.

In the lead essay Cheryl Kernot argues that there is a need for swift
and decisive action to nurture social entrepreneurs who have the agility
and imagination to respond to these challenges.

New forms of participation learn from the past, and range from
cyber-activism and micro-loans to a fundamental rethink of the nature
of democracy in an information-rich world.

An outstanding collection of writers conjure new models to shape the future and make business as usual a thing of the past.

Writers include:

Mark Hopkinson, Anne Coombs, Kate Cole-Adams, Marian Arkin,
A.J. Brown, Peter Shergold, Megan Davis, Hilary McPhee, Susan Varga,
Mehrdad and Roya Baghai, Ann McGrath, Maria Tumarkin,
Raymond Evans, Edwina Shaw, Ellie Rennie, Brent Balinski,
Brigid Delaney, George Williams. Photo essay by Alan Attwood.

 

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Book Details: RRP: $19.95 / Publication date: May 2009 / ISBN: 9780733323959 / Extent: 264 pp / Format: Paperback (234 x 153mm)

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