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Post  TERCUD Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:39 pm

"Most decisions have effects on different scales. When dealing with the problems they create, political action involves a plurality of actors : political ones (as international or supra-national institutions, national or locale states) and other decision makers (persons, enterprises, associations, political parties, local groups).
Administrators and politicians have ceased to enjoy a better information than most of the other participants : because of the new facilities of communication, many of the local and general data on pecular places and problems are now available to the enterprises, political parties, associations or non-governmental organizations which have an interest in contemporary territorial problems. It is better to cooperate with them than to try to enforce regulations : hence the contemporary emphasis on governance.
In so far as associations and political parties reflect public opinion, citizens’ position – at least active citizen’s ones – are taken into account in the decision making process. In order to achieve good results in building and applying local policies for sustainable growth, a strong involvement of people is required.
Political consciousness generally grow out of the solidarities people feel significant. In traditional societies, the main social ties were woven within local communities – hence the role of local squires or big landowners in the Parliaments of early democracies. At the time of the industrial revolution, class interests were essential in the development of workers’ consciousness and movements. The contermporary situation is utterly different. Local solidarities are certainly weaker than in the past. Worker’s consciousness plays a minor role in post-industrial societies were industrial employment is lower and highly differentiated. Because of the new communication facilities, the networks people are connected with are diverse and characterized by very different territorial structures. It is one of the reasons for the low mobilization of citizens for elections in most post-industrial countries : people do not feel involved in local or national problems.
How to create a new involvement in politics – and an involvement which would be centered on sustainable growth?"

(This is an excerpt from the text by Professor Paul Claval “NEW STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING LANDSCAPES AND STRENGTHENING IDENTITIES AS TOOLS FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”)

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