Carold: Building Local and Global Democracy

The Carold Institute is a Canadian Foundation committed to increasing citizenship participation through understanding the relationship between local and global development issues. In February 2004, FIM partnered with Carold to support this aim through the creation and dissemination of seven case studies that reflected practitioner experiences in creating a more open and participatory democracy. Studies also identify links between the realities of local and global democracy. This compilation of case studies and additional pieces shows how a diversity of practices can be undertaken even if situational variables challenge civil society’s ability to clearly define democracy and thus a long-term plan for attaining it. The publication is a valuable work of action-research for Canadian practitioners as well as international civil society.

Publication

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Case Studies

	Framing Paper for the Project
	Security for a Civil Society
	Security and Citizens: New Definitions and New Partnerships with Local Government
	Capacity Building in Kitamaat
	Democratizing Knowledge: The Experience of University-Community Research Partnerships
	Porto Alegre and the Participatory Budget: Civic Education, Politics and the Possibilities for Replication
	Equiterre: From Idealism to Individual and Political Activism

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