Exeter – Fudan Global Thought Network online workshop - Citizens’ Empowerment in Global Perspective

Session One:
9.00-10.30am UK time/16.00-17.30 Beijing Time

This session explores citizen empowerment in practice. It showcases a range of citizen
empowerment tools, from participatory budgeting and public deliberation, to voluntary forms
of association, organization, and mobilization; from more informal and interactive forms of
political representation, to a more active involvement in administrative decision and the
management of public resources and services. Although the focus of the presentations is on
China, participants are invited to engage comparatively.

Session Two
11.00-12.30 UK time/18.00-19.30 Beijing Time

This session explores theories of empowerment, considering its foundation upon trust, and
direct and indirect forms of citizens’ involvement in decision making, and imagining ways in
which to re-invigorate the empowerment project. It will take the form of a more free-flowing
discussion, with speakers making brief initial interventions, followed by group discussion.

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