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		<title>NOSSAS as the New Civil Society: Online, Offline, and as a Platform</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, a friend of mine who was going to speak at a conference asked me for good cases of civic tech &#8220;that works&#8221;. I didn&#8217;t hesitate, and advised him to get in touch with the people at NOSSAS, &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/12/30/nossas-as-the-new-civil-society-online-offline-and-as-a-platform/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/12/30/nossas-as-the-new-civil-society-online-offline-and-as-a-platform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Society and Participation in Brazil: A Literature Review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This literature review is divided into six sections. The first section briefly describes the &#160;theoretical and empirical background of debates about civil society and participation: the democratization process of the 1980s. The second section examines the first and second generation &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2013/06/10/civil-society-and-participation-in-brazil-a-literature-review/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=734&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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