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The Appalachian National Park Association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S. One of the highlights of the group's activities was convention held on October 25, 1902. Two weeks prior to the event, the Asheville Citizen ran an article noting that "A Hundred Towns and Cities Are Asked to Take Part." Indeed, the convention was a success with 1,500 people from various states attending. This follow up article describes the convention as a "most decided success."

Citizens, Elisabeth Gidengil, André Blais, Neil
Nevitte and Richard Nadeau, Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2004, pp. vii,
214.Citizens is one volume in a series designed to evaluate the
democratic performance of the institutions and practices affecting public
decision-making in Canada. The Canadian Democratic Audit (CDA) is based on
the premise that declining levels of public confidence in those
institutions and anemic participation rates in political and community
life dictate the need for a performance review. In Citizens, the
state of democratic citizenship is evaluated according to levels of public
involvement in civic and political activities, the extent to which these
participatory opportunities represent social diversity, and the potential
for these activities to reflect the collective interests of all Canadians.
The volume also assesses reform proposals to improve public participation,
inclusiveness and responsiveness.

This article explores the governing logics and political implications of citizen security in Puebla, Mexico, specifically, the Programa Nacional de Prevención del Delito (National Program for the Prevention of Crime, PRONAPRED). Taking a biopolitical perspective, the article centers on how citizens are produced through the application of citizen security initiatives. This production operates at two levels: the regulation of populations and the molding of subjects. First, vital statistics and risk-related variables highlight those populations that exceed the median for risk. Second, those at-risk groups are targeted for training to reduce their susceptibility to violence. Training focuses on the individual, asking citizens to identify and minimize risk in a manner that emanates from and contributes to security governance. The political ontology of citizen security is this citizen/citizenry coincident with official measures. The democratic aspirations of citizen security are consequently muted, as security governance locates citizens within the confines of state power and, at the same time, holds them separate from this power to produce citizen existence.

This article explores the governing logics and political implications of citizen security in Puebla, Mexico, specifically, the Programa Nacional de Prevención del Delito (National Program for the Prevention of Crime, PRONAPRED). Taking a biopolitical perspective, the article centers on how citizens are produced through the application of citizen security initiatives. This production operates at two levels: the regulation of populations and the molding of subjects. First, vital statistics and risk-related variables highlight those populations that exceed the median for risk. Second, those at-risk groups are targeted for training to reduce their susceptibility to violence. Training focuses on the individual, asking citizens to identify and minimize risk in a manner that emanates from and contributes to security governance. The political ontology of citizen security is this citizen/citizenry coincident with official measures. The democratic aspirations of citizen security are consequently muted, as security governance locates citizens within the confines of state power and, at the same time, holds them separate from this power to produce citizen existence. ResumenEste articulo explora las lógicas gobernantes y las implicaciones políticas de la seguridad ciudadana en Puebla, México. Analizado en relación a la Programa Nacional de Prevención del Delito (PRONAPRED), el articulo pregunta: ¿quién es el ciudadano de la seguridad ciudadana? Examinado desde una perspectiva de la biopolítica, el enfoque se centra en cómo los ciudadanos son producidos por medio de la aplicación de iniciativas de la seguridad ciudadana. Esta producción opera a dos niveles: la regulación de poblaciones y el moldeo de sujetos. En primer lugar, la población es interpretada por las estadísticas vitales y las variables de riesgo para mostrar las poblaciones que exceden el promedio. En segundo lugar, y en base de eso, los grupos riesgosos son el objeto de entrenamiento para reducir su susceptibilidad a la violencia. El entrenamiento se centra en los sujetos individuales, pidiendo a los ciudadanos a identificar y minimizar el riesgo en una manera que emerge de y contribuye a la gobernanza de seguridad. La fundación ontológica de la seguridad ciudadana es esta ciudadano/ciudadanía consistente con las racionalidades oficiales. Las aspiraciones democráticas de la seguridad ciudadana consecuentemente son reducidos, dado que la gobernanza de seguridad ubica a los ciudadanos dentro de los límites del poder estatal, y al mismo tiempo, los mantiene separados de ese poder para reproducir la existencia ciudadana.

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Foreword -- 1 Auditing Democratic Citizenship -- 2 How Much Attention Do Canadians Pay to Politics? -- 3 What Do Canadians Know about Politics? -- 4 Can Canadians Get By with Less Information? -- 5 How Much Do Canadians Participate in Politics? -- 6 How Civic-Minded Are Canadians? -- 7 Engaging Canadians -- Discussion Questions -- Additional Reading -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.