Community consultation and the 'Hard to Reach': City of Boroondara case study report: Camberwell and Kew structure plans

This report is part of a series of case study reports for the Community Consultation and the Hard to Reach research project. The project is investigating how community consultation is currently practised by Victorian councils, especially in relation to multiple publics and groups that councils can find hard to reach. The Hard to Reach project is a collaborative research venture, with eight Victorian local councils, the Victorian Local Governance Association, and researchers from Swinburne University. The three year project is jointly funded by the Australian Research Council and the Cities of Boroondara, Darebin, Maribyrnong, Melbourne, Moreland, Nillumbik, Port Phillip and Whittlesea. The eight participating councils comprise inner city as well as city fringe locations, homogenous and highly ethnically and culturally diverse populations, economically advantaged and disadvantaged areas, well established and newly developing areas, municipalities with a longstanding commitment to community consultation as well as those which are still developing their policies and practices. While the councils chosen may not be statistically representative, the range of contexts and sociodemographic characteristics reflect the attitudes and practice of community consultation as it is currently taking place in Victoria

A cidadania sob o signo do desvio: Para uma crítica da "tese de excepcionalidade brasileira"

O propósito central do artigo consiste em realizar uma consideração crítica do que denominamos de "tese da excepcionalidade normativa brasileira". As duas principais questões orientadoras são: em primeiro lugar, haveria alguma desvantagem, do ponto de vista analítico, em manter-se orientado pela noção conforme a qual a experiência da cidadania no Brasil é algo particular em relação ao "centro da modernidade"? Em segundo lugar, é possível vislumbrar outra maneira profícua de refletir a respeito da experiência da cidadania no Brasil para além da "tese da excepcionalidade normativa"?<br>This article aims at carrying out a critique of the so-called "thesis of the Brazilian normative exceptionality". The two driving questions are: first and foremost, is there any disadvantage, from an analytical point of view, in remaining oriented by the notion according to which the experience of citizenship in Brazil is something peculiar as compared to the "nucleus of modernity"? Secondly, is it possible to envisage another fruitful way of framing such an experience which goes beyond the "exceptionality thesis"