I would really like to hear from someone who has solved the "people's participation,bottoms up planning" riddle.
-Where does the partciapation start and where does it end? -What level of particiation is enough?10 people , 10 RWAs, 1 slum, a total referendum on every decision,whether the location of a bus stand in a neighbourhood or location of a new layout? -Yes ,there must streamlined institutionlised local councils , the burroughs concept or similar, but until that happens..... what? -What is the responsibilty of the educated.priveleged ,the wealthy, the fortunate,the elite(!!!).Do they have rights too or is evrything they do naturally anti amm admi. --And who defines this aam admi..a middle class household, the slumdweller, the illiterate . This discussion is put forth to highlight the quandry some have The damned if I do damned if I don't.quandry. People in vantage points of society , who have a very ,very real and high social change agenda. ( this can only be understood if you do not pescribe to the view that all page 3 people are elitist and have no concern for relevant social change) If they don't do anything they are living off the fat of society, if they do they are not "consulting us" I'll stop here ..contriversial enough. I am sure I will get enough hate mail on this too. But consider ..is CAF elitist too?Are those in the social space just politicking for power and space and therfore bring down every one else.It is generally accepted that no 2 NGOs can see eye to eye..and in fact they go for each other's eyes!! Bye for now. vijayan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Citizens' Action Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/citizens-action-forum?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
