Adapting large group methods to civic forums: a way to improve citizenship and democracy

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Autor(a) principal: Cardoso de Sousa, Fernando
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Monteiro, Ileana Pardal, Gaspar, Maria Filomena, Castelão, Paula
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/10272
Resumo: This article aims to assess the effectiveness of a four-step large-group method, by means of a project commitment questionnaire. Using this method, nine civic foruns were planned and executed in order to develop the participation of civil society in democracy. A toral of three hundred and eighteen civil society representatives produced action plans for the celebration of the anniversary of the 25 April 1974 (Portuguese Revolution), as well as for local development. The results obtained demonstrate the effectiveness of the method in producing action plans in little time, and an increase in commitment to projects as a result of the sessions; however, it did not reveal itself a successful predictor of projects' execution. The foruns allowed us to improve the large-group methods, which may be used as a tool to help improve civil participation in decision making and regional development.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Adapting large group methods to civic forums: a way to improve citizenship and democracy
title Adapting large group methods to civic forums: a way to improve citizenship and democracy
spellingShingle Adapting large group methods to civic forums: a way to improve citizenship and democracy
Cardoso de Sousa, Fernando
Civil society
Democracy
Large-group methods
Portuguese revolution
Project commitment
title_short Adapting large group methods to civic forums: a way to improve citizenship and democracy
title_full Adapting large group methods to civic forums: a way to improve citizenship and democracy
title_fullStr Adapting large group methods to civic forums: a way to improve citizenship and democracy
title_full_unstemmed Adapting large group methods to civic forums: a way to improve citizenship and democracy
title_sort Adapting large group methods to civic forums: a way to improve citizenship and democracy
author Cardoso de Sousa, Fernando
author_facet Cardoso de Sousa, Fernando
Monteiro, Ileana Pardal
Gaspar, Maria Filomena
Castelão, Paula
author_role author
author2 Monteiro, Ileana Pardal
Gaspar, Maria Filomena
Castelão, Paula
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Sapientia
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cardoso de Sousa, Fernando
Monteiro, Ileana Pardal
Gaspar, Maria Filomena
Castelão, Paula
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Civil society
Democracy
Large-group methods
Portuguese revolution
Project commitment
topic Civil society
Democracy
Large-group methods
Portuguese revolution
Project commitment
description This article aims to assess the effectiveness of a four-step large-group method, by means of a project commitment questionnaire. Using this method, nine civic foruns were planned and executed in order to develop the participation of civil society in democracy. A toral of three hundred and eighteen civil society representatives produced action plans for the celebration of the anniversary of the 25 April 1974 (Portuguese Revolution), as well as for local development. The results obtained demonstrate the effectiveness of the method in producing action plans in little time, and an increase in commitment to projects as a result of the sessions; however, it did not reveal itself a successful predictor of projects' execution. The foruns allowed us to improve the large-group methods, which may be used as a tool to help improve civil participation in decision making and regional development.
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