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 : Zed Books, 2010.
- xvi, 287 p. : ill. ; 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.
9781848134461 (pbk) RM110.00 9781848134454 (hbk)
Political participation--Case studies.
Democracy--Case studies.
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.
9781848134461 (pbk) RM110.00 9781848134454 (hbk)
Political participation--Case studies.
Democracy--Case studies.