From Local Action to Global Networks: Housing the Urban Poor
Title | From Local Action to Global Networks: Housing the Urban Poor PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Herrle |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 216 |
Release | 2016-03-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317132122 |
Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework acknowledging that civil society in the form of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and their allies are increasingly networking and emerging as strong players that cannot easily be overlooked. Some of these networks have crossed local and national boundaries and have jumped political scales. This implies that housing issues have to be looked at from new angles: they can no longer simply be addressed through localized projects, but rather at multiple scales. The current debate is largely limited to statements about the relevance of individual organizations for local housing processes and tends to overlook the innovativeness in terms of re-scaling those processes and of influencing institutional change at various levels by transcending national boundaries. There is a significant lack of a systemic understanding of such globally operating grassroots networks and how they function in the housing process. This book brings together different perspectives on multi-scalar approaches within the housing field and on grassroots’ engagement with formal agencies including local government, higher levels of government and international agencies. By moving away from romanticizing local self-initiatives, it focuses on understanding the emerging potential once local initiatives are interlinked and scaled-up to transnational networks.
From Local Action to Global Networks: Housing the Urban Poor
Title | From Local Action to Global Networks: Housing the Urban Poor PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Herrle |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 220 |
Release | 2016-03-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317132130 |
Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework acknowledging that civil society in the form of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and their allies are increasingly networking and emerging as strong players that cannot easily be overlooked. Some of these networks have crossed local and national boundaries and have jumped political scales. This implies that housing issues have to be looked at from new angles: they can no longer simply be addressed through localized projects, but rather at multiple scales. The current debate is largely limited to statements about the relevance of individual organizations for local housing processes and tends to overlook the innovativeness in terms of re-scaling those processes and of influencing institutional change at various levels by transcending national boundaries. There is a significant lack of a systemic understanding of such globally operating grassroots networks and how they function in the housing process. This book brings together different perspectives on multi-scalar approaches within the housing field and on grassroots’ engagement with formal agencies including local government, higher levels of government and international agencies. By moving away from romanticizing local self-initiatives, it focuses on understanding the emerging potential once local initiatives are interlinked and scaled-up to transnational networks.
From Local Action to Global Networks
Title | From Local Action to Global Networks PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Herrle |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 205 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Housing policy |
ISBN | 9781315583402 |
Global Networks, Local Actions
Title | Global Networks, Local Actions PDF eBook |
Author | Marcella Milana |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | 254 |
Release | 2016-12-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1317385764 |
Global Networks, Local Actions: Rethinking adult education policy in the 21st century examines public policy developments in adult education, exploring the policy framing of adult education practice in a range of socio-cultural contexts, and contributing to the development of policy research from global and comparative perspectives. Drawing from multidisciplinary fields such as adult education, comparative and international education, and sociology, chapters analyse empirically grounded studies from the US, Italy, Argentina and Brazil. Each study helps to identify how political agents interact at international, regional, national and local scales, and what the implications are for publically-funded interventions in adult education. While this book recognises the complexity of adult education policy, it argues for the need to deconstruct the false belief that what is global in adult education may be intrinsically distinct from the characteristics of geographical or social territories in which adult education occurs. Instead, it points to localised norms and ideas on Adult Basic and Secondary Education as ultimately contained in, and constituting, what is at times perceived as global, or abstracted from definite geographical or social territories. This book calls for a global sociology of adult education in response to global challenges, and makes an important contribution to our understanding of developments in public adult education policy. As such, it will be of key interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of adult education, comparative and international education, education policy and politics, sociology of education, and global studies.
Community Practice in the Network Society
Title | Community Practice in the Network Society PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Day |
Publisher | Presbyterian Publishing Corp |
Total Pages | 280 |
Release | 2004-06-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0203643739 |
Around the world, citizens in local communities are utilising ICTs to underpin the creation of a participatory and democratic vision of the network society. Embedded in the richness and diversity of community practice, a vision of a 'civil network society' is emerging. A society where ICTs are harnessed as tools to improve the quality of life and reflect the diversity of social networks; where people are viewed as citizens, not just as consumers, and where heterogeneity is perceived as a strength rather than a weakness. Community Practice in the Network Society looks at the broad context in which this is happening, presents case studies of local projects from around the world, and discusses community ICT research methodologies. Not only does it highlight the symbiotic relationship between community ICT practice and research, but it also provides evidence supporting the case for the development of more inclusive and participatory pathways to the network society.
Global Action Networks
Title | Global Action Networks PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Waddell |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 214 |
Release | 2010-12-08 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0230300464 |
The world's governments are overwhelmed with climate change, war and unrest, the global financial crisis and poverty but there is a promising invention in Global Action Networks (GANs). GANs mobilize resources, bridge divides and promote the long-term deep change and innovation work that is needed to address the global challenges.
Environmental Leadership
Title | Environmental Leadership PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Rigling Gallagher |
Publisher | SAGE |
Total Pages | 1027 |
Release | 2012-09-19 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1412981506 |
This reference handbook tackles issues relevant to leadership in the realm of the environment and sustainability.