Download or read book Participation and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century City written by J. Pearce and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debates on participatory tend to be abstract, with references to experiences in Athens over 2000 years ago. This book uses recent experience in participatory innovations at the city level to explore the practice of participation. Taking examples from Latin America and the UK it argues the case for revitalizing democracy through participation.