Join us for a special book launch!

Joint effort by ISS PhD students and the Knowledge Programme

Tags: Worldwide , Civil Society Building

On 21 June 2010, from 17.30 to 18.30 we invite you to join us in the Atrium of the Institute of Social Studies, during which we will toast on a special occasion: the publication of the book ‘Participation for What: Social Change or Social Control?” (ISS, 2010).

The publication is special, both content-wise and process-wise, as it is entirely produced by (alumni and present) ISS PhD students. The book contains seven articles that were carefully selected out of the contributions for the Development Dialogue, which was held at ISS in 2008. All the articles question participatory processes and practices in development: participation by whom, for what, and how? These remain vital questions for moving forward in building new narratives and generating appropriate development strategies.

The editorial team consisted of Rose Namara (Uganda), Georgina Gomez (Argentina), Ariane Corradi (Brazil) and Pedro Goulart (Portugal), while Erhard Berner (Staff Group 3, ISS) wrote the introduction and provided every article with comments. Former ISS-rector Louk de La Rive Box wrote the foreword. Once the project was ready to be carried forward, it found a place with the ISS-Hivos Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme, which int.al. aims to stimulate knowledge generation by supporting innovative research publications. Kees Biekart and Marlieke Kieboom wrote the preface, which you can preview below.

We hope to see you there to celebrate our joint achievement!

NB: All chapters from the book will soon be available for downloading under a Creative Commons license on our website

For more info,click here