From political won't to political will : building support for participatory governance / edited by Carmen Malena.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Introduction -- Building Political Will for Participatory Governance: An Introduction / Carmen Malena -- Revisiting Participatory Governance: An Instrument for Empowerment or Co-optation? / Henedina Abad -- Building Political Will for Participatory Governance: Overcoming the 0 bstacles / John Clark -- pt. 2. Generating Political Will for Participatory Governance at the Local Level -- Lessons from the Work of the Aga Khan Foundation in Promoting Good Local Governance in Tajikistan, Kenya, and Tanzania / Richard Holloway, Shahribonu Shonasimova, Margaret Ngari and Achim Chiaji -- Neighborhood Democracy and Participation: Formal Representatives and Empowered Citizens Move From Competition to Mutual Interests / Mary Jacksteit -- Building Political Will for Participatory Governance at the Local Level in the United Kingdom / Tricia Zipfel -- Building Pressure from Below: Lessons from Uganda / Harriet Namisi -- Beyond Lip Service: Using Social Contracts to Achieve Participatory and Accountable Governance in the Philippines / Emmanuel C. Areno -- pt. 3. Nurturing Political Will for Participatory Budgeting -- Building Political Will for Participatory Budgeting in Rural Zimbabwe: The Case of Mutoko Rural District Council / Takawira Mumvuma -- Building Political Will for Participatory Budgeting in Canada: The Case of the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition / Elizabeth Pinnington -- From Command to Consent in Bolivia: How and Why to Gain Political Will for Citizen Participation / Ronald MacLean-Abaroa -- pt. 4. Building Political Will for Participatory Governance at the National Level -- Building Political Will for Refining Public Participation Policy in South Africa / Janine Hicks and Imraan Buccus -- Building Political Will for Enhanced Citizen Access to Information: Lessons from Latin America / Anabel Cruz -- Transparency International's Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres: Experiences in Fostering Citizen Participation and Government Responsiveness / Angela Keller-Herzog -- pt. 5. Conclusion -- Participatory Governance: Where There Is Lack of Will, Is There a Way? / Carmen Malena -- About CIVICUS.

Despite a recent wave of democratization around the world, traditional systems of representative democracy seem to be in crisis. Citizens in both the North and the South lack opportunities, rights and access to information and have expressed growing disillusionment with their governments. Ordinary citizens (especially women, poor people and other marginalized groups) are largely excluded from the political processes that directly affect their lives. There is now growing consensus that good governance is participatory governance (PG), but public officials are often reluctant to adopt such an ap.

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