Citizen Participation and Accountability for Sustainable Development
This report focuses on the experiences of marginalised people and those living in greatest poverty, and highlights how reclaiming citizen identity is a starting point for political accountability. Identity is … Continue reading
6 inconvenient truths about Smart Cities
Originally posted on The Urban Technologist:
(When cities forget about people: La Defense, Paris, photographed by Phil Beard) (I recently took the difficult decision to resign from IBM after nearly…
Media Development with Chinese Characteristics
Iginio Gagliardone – China’s concessionary loans and support to development projects have tended to shift balances of power by favouring certain actors over others and have challenged existing development paradigms, … Continue reading
Agents of Change and their critical role in societal development: The Case of Maré.
Originally posted on {FAVEL issues}:
[Guest Post by Marcela Pizano Castillo] Credits: Image for the top of the post. Image by Marcela Pizano Castillo Last year I decided to take part…
How to build future cities as if people mattered
Originally posted on The Urban Technologist:
(An infographic depicting realtime data describing Dublin – the waiting time at road junctions; the location of buses; the number of free parking spaces…
The Politics of Disimagination and the Pathologies of Power
Henry A. Giroux – We live in a time of deep foreboding, one that haunts any discourse about justice, democracy and the future. Not only have the points of reference … Continue reading
Accountability, Transparency, Participation, and Inclusion: A New Development Consensus?
Four key principles—accountability, transparency, participation, and inclusion—have in recent years become nearly universal features of the policy statements and programs of international development organizations. Yet this apparently widespread new consensus … Continue reading
The violence of neoliberalism
As austerity measures intensify in the wake of the most recent global financial crisis, it is becoming ever more clear that neoliberalization exhibits a distinct relational connection with violence. This … Continue reading
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