Mobilizing for democracy citizen action and the politics of public participation
Using new empirical case studies from around the world, this book illustrates how alternative forms of political mobilization - protests, social participation, activism, litigation & lobbying - engage with the formal institutions of representative democracy in ways that constitute the very essen...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Zed
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Claiming citizenship. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35553856*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Vera Schattan P. Coelho & Bettina von Lieres
- Part I: Mobilizing Society
- 1. Changing the 'habits of the heart': development NGOs and the struggle for democratic values in Bangladesh / Naila Kabeer and Simeen Mahmud
- 2. Have NGO Political Empowerment Programs at the Grassroots Level Contributed to Deepening of Democracy in Kenya? / Celestine Nyamu Musembi
- 3. The Nucleo Representativo das Associações (NRA) do Dombe Grande, Angola: building democracy and citizenship at the local level / Idaci Ferreira and Sandra Roque
- 4. How Deep is Deep democracy? Global Citizenship in Local spaces / Steven Robins
- 5. How styles of activism influence social participation and democratic deliberation / Arilson Favareto, Yumi Gonçalves, Frederico menino, Carolina Galvanese, Vera S.P. Coelho
- 6. Passivity or Protest? Understanding the dimensions of Mobilization on Rights to Services in Khayelitsha, Cape Town / Lisa Thompson and Ndodana Nleya
- 7. The Role of Citizen Action in the Consolidation of Democracy in Nigeria / Jibrin Ibrahim and Samuel Egwu
- Part II: Bridging State and Society
- 8. Deepening Democracy in South Africa: Citizen Mobilization and Ward Committees / Bettina von Lieres
- 9. The Making and Unmaking of a New Democratic Space / Andrea Cornwall
- 10. The Infinite Agenda of Social Justice: Dalit Mobilization in the Institutions of Local Governance / Ranjita Mohanty
- 11. "We got it to our heads that we should do the job of the state": the Indigenous Peoples' Movement and the Health System in Acre, Brazil / Alex Shankland
- 12. Public Involvement and Social Mobilization: A variable sum game? / Vera S.P. Coelho, Alexandre Ferraz, Fabiola Fanti, Meire Ribeiro
- 13. Dynamics of Political Change and transformation: Civil Society, Governance and the Culture of Politics in Kenya / Duncan Okello.
