Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Series editor's preface; Part I; 1 Another Europe: An introduction; 2 The ESF organizing process in a diachronic perspective; 3 Communicating the European Social Forum; 4 Models of democracy: How activists see democracy in the movement; 5 Democracy from below: Activists and institutions; Part II; 6 The social bases of the GJM mobilization and democratic norms; 7 The organizational dimension: How organizational formality, voice, and influence affect mobilization and participation
Summary
Given the focus on the challenges to representative democracy and the search for new institutions and procedures to help increase participation, this book offers empirical insights on alternative conceptions of democracy and the actors that promote them
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-265) and index
