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Author Della Porta, Donatella

Title Can Democracy Be Saved : Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements
Published Hoboken : Wiley, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (422 pages)
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; 1 Models of Democracy: An Introduction; Conceptions and practices of democracy: an introduction; Not one, but four models; This volume; 2 Liberal Democracy: Evolution and Challenges; The conception of liberal democracy: an introduction; The emergence of democracy in the liberal state; Transformations in democracy: the challenges; Challenges and/or opportunities?; Conclusion; 3 Participatory Democracy; Participatory democracy: an introduction; The historical development of participatory democracy; A participatory revolution?
Conclusion4 Deliberative Democracy: Between Representation and Participation; Deliberative democracy: an introduction; Deliberative and participatory democracy; Global social movements, public spheres and deliberative democracy; Indignados, Occupy and deliberative democracy; Conclusion; 5 E-Democracy? New Technologies and Democratic Deepening; What media studies do (and do not) say, on democracy: an introduction; Social movements as agents of democratic communication; Web 1.0, social movements and democracy; Arab spring, indignados and (very) new technologies; Conclusion
6 The Challenge of Global GovernanceGlobalization and democratic deficit: an introduction; A global civil society?; Social movements and global democracy; Social movement activists as critical cosmopolitans; Conclusion; 7 Democratization and Social Movements; Democratization studies and the (neglect of) social movements; Democratization in social movement studies; The exogenous dimension: Attribution of political opportunities; The endogenous dimension: mobilization of resources; Framing democratization from below; The power of action; Conclusion
8 Restricting Citizens' Participation: The Policing of ProtestSocial movement and the policing of protest: an introduction; Militarization, fortification and intelligence-led control; The policing of protest: some explanations; Conclusion; 9 Deliberative Experiments inside Institutions; Institutional experiments with deliberative democracy: an introduction; The performance of institutional experiments; How to explain the different characteristics of deliberative experiments; Conclusion; 10 Can Democracy Be Saved? A Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same time, new opportunities are emerging that propose alternative visions for the future of democracy. In this highly articulate book, Donatella della Porta analyses diverse conceptions and practices of participatory and deliberative democracy, building upon recent reflections in normative theory as well as original empirical research. As well as drawing on key historical examples, the book pays close attent
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Subject Democracy.
Social movements.
social movements.
Democracy
Social movements
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780745670416
0745670415
9780745678719
0745678718