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Inspiring active citizensWhat triggers or blocks the involvement of individualcitizens in public life, how can civil society activistsreach out and mobilize others? Do we rely on theinvolvement of the active, or do we work to engagepassive citizens - and how can this be done effectively?Volunteerism is a fundamental aspect of civil society,however getting it to work is tricky in todays’ rapidlychanging societies.
Inspiring active citizens<strong>Civil</strong> societyis notshrinkingModerator Christina Rigman (Mod): We are talking about activating citizensand our main question is: Is civic activism shrinking or reshaping? After wethink we know almost everything we can about the present we will take a lookto the future: what can we do as of now to influence how things will look in 20years time? What are we doing about this? (By “WE” meaning civil society organizationsbut also “US” as individuals.) What motivates people to participate?Participant (P): I’m not sure why shrinking and reshaping are the only options,what about increasing? Maybe, it’s just the Hungarian experience but there isWhen you this thing called critical mass in Hungary that is getting bigger every year. 50,000feel the issuebikers is what they claimed participated in one protest. To look at answer whator feel youmotivates people to participate, in the case of critical mass which is a bike protest;it’s just that people feel the issue. There are enough people who are bik-can make adifference youare more likely ing who feel the issue around the biking. So, when an issue is close to you, youto act are more likely to take action. When you feel you can make a difference, youare more likely to take action. There is also the whole “party” attitude. Also, Ibelieve, the LGBT protest, the gay-pride protest in Budapest, is getting stronger.P: I would support reshaping, too, but actually I would support them both –shrinking and reshaping, both are happening. The critical mass is a very goodexample it’s part of the reshaping because it is a very simple and clear issue,which is able to gather many people and take those people out onto thestreets - even those who wouldn’t have done it before. It also manages to bringpeople who were interested before but who have had disappointments. It’sgood because the reshaping is that many people who define politics accordingto its bad reputation, might go into activities which are not directly definedas political, critical mass is also political but not in the same way. For example,anti-globalization movements around the turn of 2000, they were expanding, Ithink there’s some energy.Mod: OK, so we have supporters for increasing and reshaping.P: When you say shrinking or reshaping it’s presumably in comparison to somethingelse, some national ideal high point of civic activism in the region that isnow receding? So, what is the high point notionally, is there one?Mod: This is a good question for scholars, there has been a discussion in thetheoretical field that there isn’t a particular amount of participation that doesgood or bad for democracy, it’s just the participation in itself that is needed. Idon’t think we have a reference point, it’s just based on our own feeling andit is connected to the future, do we think it will reshape or shrink within the next15 to 20 years?P: [From academic research] I’ll tell you what is shrinking is people participatingin elections and in the political process, but this is not civil society and civilsociety is not shrinking at all. What are shrinking are protests, the willingness ofpeople to participate in public actions. If we want a starting point, if we compareto socialist period, then it’s expanding, it’s really reshaping as well as expanding.If we think of it as political activity, then it is shrinking, so it’s a matterof perspective.P: For me, the reference point would be when the changes began in the early37
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P 2: IDIOT - in ancient Greece this
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contrary to participation.Mod + P 4
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P 2: There is definitely a need for
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Is democracy working in our countri
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Woman: It’s not how we imagined.
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If you have a problem in your commu
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First thing I do is to call 112 (th
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Have you ever volunteered for a civ
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No, I haven’t. I’ve never been
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In times when producing texts an
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goskie Przedmiescie are on socia
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Tanya Grishkovskaya - We can be
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Social Innovation CampCentral and E
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Concern + trust = hopeIn early 1990
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Istvan Rev suggests that we have to
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