Democracy and Participation: Popular Protest and New Social MovementsMalcolm J. Todd, Gary Taylor Merlin, 2004 - 345 pages An ideal introduction for undergraduate students of social movements in courses on sociology, social policy and political theory with a focus on collective action and social protest. The book provides accessible theoretical readings and case studies of particular movements concerned with women's rights, ethnicity and 'race', disability, peace, anti-privatization. It explores issues of youth and political involvement, free speech and unemployment and the role of voluntary and community groups in challenging traditional perspectives on democracy. There are contributions from writers at the cutting edge of recent empirical and theoretical work in these areas. Competition: Many texts focus on sociological approaches: (Nick Crossley, Making Sense of Social Movements, D Della Porta and M Siani, Social Movements: an Introduction; S Buechler, Social Movements in Advanced Capitalism). Our text will provide students with an accessible, clear and comprehensive introduction and critical analysis of new social movements and new social movements theory. |
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... democracy is changing con- stantly . Representative democracy allows the electorate to choose a government through voting but it does not allow much room for popular involvement in the policy and decision making process . Under ...
... democracy is changing con- stantly . Representative democracy allows the electorate to choose a government through voting but it does not allow much room for popular involvement in the policy and decision making process . Under ...
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... democracy and democratisa- tion . One feature of new social movements is their concern with democra- cy from below or ' direct democracy ' , which differs from ' representative democracy ' . Whereas the ' old ' labour movement made its ...
... democracy and democratisa- tion . One feature of new social movements is their concern with democra- cy from below or ' direct democracy ' , which differs from ' representative democracy ' . Whereas the ' old ' labour movement made its ...
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... democracy of unemployment and the protests it may generate . I shall not engage in detailed debates about how to define democracy , I shall take as given that societies in Western Europe and North America are ' democracies ' . However ...
... democracy of unemployment and the protests it may generate . I shall not engage in detailed debates about how to define democracy , I shall take as given that societies in Western Europe and North America are ' democracies ' . However ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
New Social Movements and Democracy | 29 |
Anti Globalisation Anti Capitalism and the Democratic State | 55 |
Copyright | |
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