events in six rural counties of New York, and the nature and type of participation and local support. The study finds a high …

participation. In this way, participation can be transformed from a process of inclusion of various resource users to one of … deliberative democracy, I present a typology of how individuals and groups can be excluded from participation. External exclusion … includes non-invitation and other means for keeping participation from occurring. Internal exclusion refers to exclusionary …

management. Genderis a recurrent source of such differences. Despitethe rhetoric on women‘s participation, a review ofevidence … theformal and informal membership criteria excludewomen. Moreover, the balance between costs andbenefits of participation is … overresources to community institutions, and ensuringthe participation of all members of the community,especially women. Copyright …

This article examines social participation in water management in the Jaguaribe Valley, state of Ceará, Northeast …, provides a frame against which other meanings are constructed. In water management arenas, the presentation of participation as … and economic activities to the detriment of others. As a result, the promotion of equality through participation lost a …

information. But few of these studies integrate critical reflections on participation that have emerged in the last decade which …. Furthermore, neither climate application research nor theoretical critiques of participation fully examine the culturally … constructed nature of participation. Drawing on sociolinguistic analysis, in-depth interviews, and ethnographic observation, this …

Over the course of the 1990s, donor enthusiasm for participation came to be institutionalized in a variety of ways. One … shifted donor and lender concern away from the grassroots towards “policy dialogue.” But “civil society participation …

effective participation.” This leads to specific insights concerning the conceptualization and strengthening of engagement in …

institutionalizing participation inthe US agricultural research enterprise. We firstexamine some of the important issues … surroundingcitizen participation in science and technologypolicy. We then review and assess variousinstitutional mechanisms for … participation that havebeen implemented in diverse settings by institutionsof science and technology. Based on evidence from …