Harry Boyte - In effective, sustained citizen action, people learn the skills of public l

In effective, sustained citizen action, people learn the skills of public life with which to act effectively. "Commons," or the common wealth-the public goods that are objects of sustainable public action-become not only occasions for collaboration by invaluable sources of citizen education in their own right because they are the occasions for learning such skills.

- Harry Boyte

source: Harry Chatten Boyte (1989). “CommonWealth: A Return to Citizen Politics”

topic: Skills, People, Democracy, Public Life