Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Found this quote at Richard Sennett's LSE site:
" …global civil society actors work within inherited structures of power that they may modify or alter but seldom transform. But this we can understand only if we locate global civil society in its constitutive context: a state centric system of international relations that is dominated by a narrow section of humanity and within the structures of international capital that may permit dissent but do not permit any transformation of their won agendas.” (Chandhoke 2002: 52)
Now I'm wondering just how directly this relates to the smaller, local "civil society"....certainly Diablo Valley College and our district allow dissent and feel no need to take it into account. And though they are transforming the social environment and structures of our workplace like crazy, it is only to further entrench the power relations they are committed to, not to alter them.
" …global civil society actors work within inherited structures of power that they may modify or alter but seldom transform. But this we can understand only if we locate global civil society in its constitutive context: a state centric system of international relations that is dominated by a narrow section of humanity and within the structures of international capital that may permit dissent but do not permit any transformation of their won agendas.” (Chandhoke 2002: 52)
Now I'm wondering just how directly this relates to the smaller, local "civil society"....certainly Diablo Valley College and our district allow dissent and feel no need to take it into account. And though they are transforming the social environment and structures of our workplace like crazy, it is only to further entrench the power relations they are committed to, not to alter them.
