By: Michael Buck

Michael Buck — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:37:06 +0000

This government is the first to claim explicitly that community particpation in governance builds social capital.
The sheer number of community participation arrangemenmts , right across the public services represent a considerable invest, not just of the governments capital, but also of the communities scarce resources, time, energy and hope.
Has this benefitted residents not normally involved in decision making.
Because of the relatively few people involved those who are already involved get better connected
Some reports suggests that the way governance works makes the problem this problem worse.
In particular a number of forces create barriers to entry for those not already involved and increase the likelihood that those already involved will become more so.

By: Mike Chitty

Mike Chitty — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:29:20 +0000

Mike Chitty Says:
I don’t think it is about regenerating without the help of Govt, but rather Govt playing a part in facilitating development and regen rather than imposing their own ideas and opinions about opportunities onto communities.
It is also about developing people on their agenda rather than trying to reskill them to meet the needs of employers.
Key principle here ia about starting where people are at, rather than trying to shoehorn them into some consultants’ idea of what the future economy needs.

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By: Michael Buck

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