Mobilizing for democracy [electronic resource] : citizen action and the politics of public participation / edited by Vera Schattan P. Coelho and Bettina Von Lieres.
Contributor(s): Coelho, Vera Schattan P | Von Lieres, Bettina | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Claiming citizenship: Publisher: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2010Description: xvi, 287 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Political participation -- Case studies | Democracy -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 323.042 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Summary: 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 essence of democratic politics.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-279) and index.
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 essence of democratic politics.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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