Name: How Social Movements Can Save Democracy: Democratic Innovations from Below
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Author: Donatella Della Porta
ISBN: 9781509541270

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How Social Movements Can Save Democracy: Democratic Innovations from Below

Type

Physical Book

Author

Donatella Della Porta

Publisher

Polity Press

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781509541270

Edition No.

Synopsis "How Social Movements Can Save Democracy: Democratic Innovations from Below"

The birth of democracies owes much to the interventions and mobilizations of ordinary people. Yet many feel as though they have inherited democratic institutions which do not deliver for the people - that a rigid democratic process has been imposed from above, with increasing numbers of people feeling left out or left behind. In this well-researched volume, leading political sociologist Donatella della Porta rehabilitates the role social movements have long played in fostering and deepening democracy, particularly focusing on progressive movements of the Left which have sought to broaden the plurality of voices and knowledge in democratic debate. Bridging social movement studies and democratic theory, della Porta investigates contemporary innovations in times of crisis, particularly those in the direction of participatory and deliberative practices - 'crowd-sourced constitutions', referendums from below and movement parties - and reflects on the potential and limits of such alternative politics. In a moment in which concerns increase for the potential disruption of a Great Regression led by xenophobic movements and parties, the cases and analyses of resistance in this volume offer important material for students and scholars of political sociology, political science and social movement studies.

Donatella Della Porta

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Donatella della Porta (Catania, 1956) es una destacada socióloga y politóloga italiana, reconocida mundialmente por sus estudios sobre movimientos sociales, violencia política, corrupción y democratización. Es profesora en la Scuola Normale Superiore de Florencia, donde dirige el Centro de Estudios de Movimientos Sociales (Cosmos). Ha publicado más de 90 libros y 150 artículos, influyendo significativamente en la sociología política contemporánea.

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