Mobilizing for democracy : citizen action and the politics of public participation /
Mobilizing for democracy : citizen action and the politics of public participation /
edited by Vera Schattan P. Coelho and Bettina Von Lieres.
- London ; New York : Zed, 2010.
- xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Claiming citizenship .
- Claiming citizenship. .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9781848134454 (hbk.) 1848134452 (hbk.) 1848134460 (pbk.) 9781848134461 (pbk.) 9781848134478 (ebk.) 1848134479 (ebk.)
2010281704
323.042
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9781848134454 (hbk.) 1848134452 (hbk.) 1848134460 (pbk.) 9781848134461 (pbk.) 9781848134478 (ebk.) 1848134479 (ebk.)
2010281704
323.042