Civic Agency and the Cult of the Expert: A Study for the Kettering Foundation

Autor/in	Boyte, Harry C.
Institution	Kettering Foundation
Titel	Civic Agency and the Cult of the Expert: A Study for the Kettering Foundation
Quelle	(2009), (44 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-9239-9331-3
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Educational Change; Expertise; Citizenship; Political Issues; Citizen Participation; Models; Political Campaigns; Barriers; Democratic Values; Empowerment; Political Power; Activism; Social Action; Organization; Program Descriptions; Public Service; Citizenship Responsibility; Minority Groups; Community Organizations; Health Promotion; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Bildungsreform; Expert appraisal; Staatsbürgerschaft; Politischer Faktor; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Analogiemodell; Politische Macht; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Soziales Handeln; Organisation; Organisationsstruktur; Public services; Öffentlicher Sozialdienst; Ethnische Minderheit; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung
Abstract	In this paper, the author provides a buffet of ideas to make a coherent case for a democracy in which citizens can be truly sovereign by becoming the agents of their own destiny. He traces the history of various trends which threaten the development of civic agency: technocracy, specialism, and a consumer-view of the citizen, among others. He also draws on his experience in the Obama campaign to explain how even organizations that have benefited from grassroots civic agency have a tendency to relapse into the habit of simply mobilizing the troops to push predetermined issue agendas. But he also identifies signs of a new civic movement already impacting the fields of development, public health, resource management, climate change, and education reform. He concludes by presenting a modular, visual comparison of three frameworks for civic engagement: distributive justice, communitarian, and civic agency. (Contains 41 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10