Sustainable Development Discourses on Construction of Citizen Participation in Community Care for Environment Fazli Rachman(a), Suwarma Al Muchtar (b)
(a,b) Department of Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi, No. 229, Bandung City, Indonesia
(a) fazli.rachman[at]gmail.com
(b) suwarma[at]gmail.com
Abstract
This paper will provide new insight into the participatory social construction of citizens in the protection and management of the environment. Exploring individual discourses and interactions in constructing citizen participation. This paper is produced by a case study with a qualitative approach. Data collection using interview, observation and document study, then analyzed using Critical Discourse Analysis and Interactive Analysis. Research finds discourse on sustainable development of opinion articles constructing citizen participation. But the construction of participation is a dynamic process formed through action and interaction. The involvement of individuals in key communities provides the construction experience of citizen participation. Individuals build the reality of their participation on an ongoing basis as civic competence increases.
Keywords: Citizen Participation; Construction of Social Reality; Sustainable Development Discourse; Social Communities.
