Mobilizing for Democracy Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation
Synopsis
Mobilizing for Democracy is an in-depth study into how ordinary citizens and their organizations mobilize to deepen democracy. Featuring a collection of new empirical case studies from Angola, Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, this important new book illustrates how forms of political mobilization, such as protests, social participation, activism, litigation and lobbying, engage with the formal institutions of representative democracy in ways that are core to the development of democratic politics.No other volume has brought together examples from such a broad Southern spectrum and covering such a diversity of actors: rural and urban dwellers, transnational activists, religious groups, politicians and social leaders. The cases illuminate the crucial contribution that citizen mobilization makes to democratization and the building of state institutions, and reflect the uneasy relationship between citizens and the institutions that are designed to foster their political participation.Book details
- Series:
- Claiming Citizenship
- Author:
- Lisa Thompson, Naila Kabeer, Arilson Favareto, Doctor Celestine Nyamu-Musembi, Duncan Okello, Idaci Ferreira, Jibrin Ibrahim, Alex Shankland, Alexandre Ferraz, Fabiola Fanti, Meire Ribeiro, Ranjita Mohanty, Samuel Egwu, Simeen Mahmud, Steven Robins, Sandra Marina Roque, Frederico Menino
- ISBN:
- 9781848139152
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781848134454
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2021-11-12
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Copyright by:
- Vera Schattan P. Coelho and Bettina von Lieres
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government