Building Capacity

Ahmed, E.
Bystander intervention: School engagement versus shame management. In Proceedings of the International Society for Research on Aggression Conference, Santorini, Greece, September 18-22, 2004. Printing House of the Abo Akademi University, Finland. (in press)

Ahmed, E.
'Stop it, that's enough': Bystander intervention and its relationship to school connectedness and shame management. (submitted)

Gal, T. and Bessel, S.
Forming Partnerships: The Human Rights of Children in Need of Care and Protection. Presented as part of the RegNet Seminar Series, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. 20 December 2006.

Braithwaite, V.
Regulating responsively through local capacity building. Paper presented in the Regulatory Institutions Network Seminar Series, Australian National University, Canberra, 12 September 2006.
(powerpoint presentation)

Ahmed, E.
Pastoral care to regulate school bullying: Shame management among bystanders Pastoral Care in Education, 23(2) 2005: 23-29.

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	Building Capacity Democratic governments in the developed world are increasingly moving toward a model of governance that involves them in less rowing and more steering. Implicit in this shift is an insistence that individuals should look less to government for solutions and more to their own initiative and ingenuity. In order for this to occur on a broad scale, communities, not just individuals, need to realize their collective capacities. Building social capacity in communities involves the transmission of knowledge, fostering a desire for change, developing a sense of personal or social efficacy or community confidence, and co-opting leaders with the resourcefulness to discover or invent pathways for achieving the desired outcomes. Governments seek to do all of these things through incentivising greater self-sufficiency and independence, but the path is strewn with pitfalls. The research that is being undertaken recognises the pitfalls of disempowering rather than empowering, of dominating rather than partnering, of misreading community goals and replacing them with government goals that are remote and irrelevant to the community. The more important objective, however, is to work out ways for governments to work with local communities, groups and individuals to avoid these pitfalls and build a community that is capable, self-assured and democratic in its own governance. Publications and Presentations Ahmed, E. Bystander intervention: School engagement versus shame management. In Proceedings of the International Society for Research on Aggression Conference, Santorini, Greece, September 18-22, 2004. Printing House of the Abo Akademi University, Finland. (in press) Ahmed, E. 'Stop it, that's enough': Bystander intervention and its relationship to school connectedness and shame management. (submitted) Gal, T. and Bessel, S. Forming Partnerships: The Human Rights of Children in Need of Care and Protection. Presented as part of the RegNet Seminar Series, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. 20 December 2006. Braithwaite, V. Regulating responsively through local capacity building. Paper presented in the Regulatory Institutions Network Seminar Series, Australian National University, Canberra, 12 September 2006. (powerpoint presentation) Ahmed, E. Pastoral care to regulate school bullying: Shame management among bystanders Pastoral Care in Education, 23(2) 2005: 23-29. Top of page ANU \| RegNet \| Home \| About us \| People \| Publications/Presentations \| RegNet Occasional Papers Contact Us © Micro Foundations of Democratic Governance Research Page last updated 2 January 2007 Feedback/comments/enquiries to Valerie.Braithwaite@anu.edu.au