Social movements and democracy / edited by Pedro Ibarra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ibarra Güell, Pedro.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements.

Social movements--Political aspects.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

viii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Democracies are being challenged on new and different fronts: by globalization, by the fragmentation of postmodernity, by collective identities. Social movements challenge democracy by calling for readjustments in its decision-making processes. At the same time the social movements are forms of collective action that help the democracies--by keeping them in tension--to respond to the challenges arising from the other fronts. The book deals with this double relationship between social movements and democracy, the movements as challengers and as "maintainers" of democracy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312293186

OCLC:

49663233

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