Our subject focused topic guides take you through
the key issues and debates on participation, rights and citizenship:
Learning
and teaching for transformation
Thinking about rights
Thinking
about citizenship
Thinking
about participation
Advocating forms of learning based on the
principles and practices of participatory development, the
LTT web pages look at teaching and learning to promote individual
and social change.
Rights and development are increasingly
linked, as development agencies embrace 'rights-based approaches'.
But realising rights in practice raises complex challenges.
From citizen-state relations to understanding citizenship
as participation and action this topic guide explores the
importance of citizenship in addressing poverty, marginalisation
and exclusion.
The meaning of 'participation' has evolved
from including beneficiaries in project implementation, to
engaging people as citizens in policy-making and governance.
