PRIA conference on citizenship and governance
Rajesh Tandon, Director of the Institute of Participatory Research in India (PRIA) at its 5th International Conference |
PRIA organized its fifth international conference under the theme ‘Citizenship and Governance: Re-visioning Social Transformation in the 21st Century’ at New Delhi from 27- 29 February 2008. The conference was organised with the support of the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability, coordinated at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK. It was the closing conference of a series that began in 2003. The series started with the objective of bringing academic and practitioner communities together to reflect collectively on contemporary issues that affect marginalised sections of the society in their quest for inclusive citizenship and governance. The Conference began with the keynote address by Padmabhusan Prof. T. K. Oommen. The key themes of the Conference were: Inclusive democracy: Institutions, policies, processes Citizens at the center: Innovation, mobilization and voice Spheres of participation: Autonomy, diversity and plurality in civil society Spheres of participation: Accountability and responsiveness from the state New forces: Globalization and market In total thirty people presented papers. Each paper presentation was followed by in-depth discussion and useful inputs from the audience. Around sixty people representing academia, practice, and policy institutions attended the conference. PRIA also launched the first issue of the journal Participation and Governance. The issue is printed as Citizenship DRC special issue. The journal contains articles from DRC researchers from Brazil, UK, South Africa and India. The journal was launched in PRIA's International conference on Citizenship and Governance. Subscribe to the journal by writing to: publication@pria.org Articles can be submitted by writing to the editor Ranjita Mohanty -ranjita@pria.org
Professor Budd Hall, University of Victoria, Canada inaugurating the journal , and the editor Ranjita Mohanty standing to his left.
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