CHAPTER 3: Facilitating Transformation Through Education: Promoting Teaching of Social Responsibility and Civic Education for Democracy

As the nature of the state has changed dramatically over the last half century from “interventionist to facilitative” (Brock & Bulpitt, 2007, p. 2), there has been an increase in reliance on the private and “third” sectors¹ in areas relating to public policy (Barber, 1998; Florini & Simmons, 2000; Kaldor, 2005; Moulaert & Ailenei, 2005). Accompanying this change has been greater recognition of the potential roles and impacts that organizations in these sectors can have on policy development and implementation. Perhaps not coincidentally, we have witnessed a rise in the number of social movements and civic associations that coordinate across geographic borders and boundaries. Often these movements have formed in response to the failure of government to provide adequate levels of wellbeing to communities and individuals, providing viable alternatives and countering current institutional structures and relations of ruling.