Mobilizing for Democracy
Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Civics, Politics, Civil Rights
| Author: | Lisa Thompson, Naila Kabeer, Arilson Favareto, 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, Doctor Celestine Nyamu-Musembi | ISBN: | 9781848139152 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books | Publication: | April 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Zed Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lisa Thompson, Naila Kabeer, Arilson Favareto, 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, Doctor Celestine Nyamu-Musembi |
| ISBN: | 9781848139152 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books |
| Publication: | April 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Zed Books |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
