Bridging the Participation Gap with Government-sponsored Neighborhood Development Programs: Can Civic Skills Be Taught? El Uso de Programas de Desarrollo Social para Fomentar el Civismo

Bridging the Participation Gap with Government-sponsored Neighborhood Development Programs: Can Civic Skills Be Taught? El Uso de Programas de Desarrollo Social para Fomentar el Civismo

I argue that innovative development programs that require citizen participation in the production of public goods can have unexpected bene-fits for individuals’ dispositions toward democracy. In particular, I explore the effect of taking part in state-sponsored neighborhood development programs – di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katsuo A. Nishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Politics in Latin America
Subjects:
Mexican Politics
Political Participation
Poverty
Democracy
Development Programs
Mexico
300
320
321
2000-2012
Public Opinion
Ciencia Política
México
participación política
programas de desarrollo social
Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/540

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