Mobilizing for democracy : citizen action and the politics of public participation / / edited by Vera Schattan P. Coelho and Bettina Von Lieres.

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 essen...

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Superior document:Claiming citizenship
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Claiming citizenship.
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Physical Description:xvi, 287 p. :; ill., map.
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-279) and index.
ISBN:9781848134454 (hbk.)
1848134452 (hbk.)
1848134460 (pbk.)
9781848134461 (pbk.)
9781848134478 (electronic bk.)
1848134479 (electronic bk.)
9781848131255 (electronic bk.)
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Vera Schattan P. Coelho and Bettina Von Lieres.