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Transformations of Democracy : Crisis, Protest and Legitimation by Robin Celikates, Regina Kriede, Tilo Wesche is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Is democracy in crisis? On one hand, it seems to be decaying under the leadership of political elites who make decisions behind closed doors. On the other hand, citizens are taking to the streets to firmly assert their political participation across the globe. Drawing on a range of theory and empirical investigations, this collection examines tension across understandings of democracy today. It starts by questioning whether there is a crisis of democracy, or if part of this crisis lies in the inadequacy of social and political theory to describe its current challenges. Exploring a range of violent and non-violent forms of resistance, the book goes on to ask whether these are legitimate democratic tools, which need to be built into a new framework of radical democratic theory. In the final section of the book, the contributors attempt to examine what democratic practices and institutions should look like in a globalized society and, primarily from a normative perspective, they outline a new conception of radical democracy that incorporates contemporary rises in citizen-activity and revolt.

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Author

Robin Celikates, Regina Kriede, Tilo Wesche

Publisher

Rowman and Littlefield International, Ltd

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781783480883

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Sociology, Social_sciences