[cma-l] New DEMOS report - Democratising Engagement

[Phil Korbel]

well, as one of the 'shouters' to some degree I'd agree with you 
Shawn, but I still find it staggering that international research of 
this sort doesn't mention community media.  At a UK level I'd 
understand it as we're still quite new [well full time community 
radio is] - but the international record on this field is off the 
scale...

which is not to say that we shouldn't be shouting all the more!

which reminds me - are we all getting our responses in to the DCLG 
White Paper consultation?

best wishes,

Phil



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> Note:
> 
> No mention of community media directly from what I can see, which is
> ironic considering the whole report is about everything community
> media delivers and stands for.
> 
> Again a case of us needing to shout louder to say we exist.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Shawn Sobers
> 
> Democratising Engagement: What the UK can learn from international
> experience
> 
> Published today - 29th April.
> 
> Citizen engagement has become an essential part of modern government.
> Gone are the days when the best that citizens could expect was to be
> told what was good for them.
> 
> Governments around the world are starting to realise that engaging
> their citizens more in shaping the decisions that affect their
> everyday lives improves both legitimacy and the quality of public
> services. In the UK, addressing the democratic deficit is high on the
> political agenda. But the current model of consultation does not bring
> in the diversity of voices and perspectives that would make citizen
> engagement genuinely democratic.
> 
> This pamphlet draws on the Institute for Development Studies research
> project Spaces for Change, examining international attempts to
> democratise citizen engagement. The case studies show that genuine,
> inclusive engagement requires investment to create an enabling
> environment and to support society's least vocal and least powerful
> people to find and use their voices. As other countries lead the
> effort to involve the public in meaningful conversations about policy,
> the pamphlet argues that the UK has much to learn from their
> experience.
> 
> Download from:
> 
> http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/democratisingengagement
> 
> Shawn Sobers
> Faculty of Creative Arts
> University of the West of England
> Bower Ashton Campus
> Bristol
> BS3 2JT
> 
> Roles:
> Senior Lecturer in Photography & Media
> Faculty Outreach Co-ordinator / Widening Participation
> 
> shawn.sobers at uwe.ac.uk
> http://www.uwe.ac.uk
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