Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 287 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Reproduktion Also published in print
ISBN:
9781350221413
Series Statement:
Claiming citizenship
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction / Vera Schattan P. Coelho & Bettina von Lieres -- Part I: Mobilizing Society -- -- 1. Changing the 'habits of the heart': development NGOs and the struggle for democratic values in Bangladesh / Naila Kabeer and Simeen Mahmud -- -- 2. Have NGO Political Empowerment Programs at the Grassroots Level Contributed to Deepening of Democracy in Kenya? / Celestine Nyamu Musembi -- -- 3. The Nucleo Representativo das Associações (NRA) do Dombe Grande, Angola: building democracy and citizenship at the local level / Idaci Ferreira and Sandra Roque -- -- 4. How Deep is Deep democracy? Global Citizenship in Local spaces / Steven Robins -- -- 5. How styles of activism influence social participation and democratic deliberation / Arilson Favareto, Yumi Gonçalves, Frederico menino, Carolina Galvanese, Vera S.P. Coelho -- -- 6. Passivity or Protest? Understanding the dimensions of Mobilization on Rights to Services in Khayelitsha, Cape Town / Lisa Thompson and Ndodana Nleya -- -- 7. The Role of Citizen Action in the Consolidation of Democracy in Nigeria / Jibrin Ibrahim and Samuel Egwu -- Part II: Bridging State and Society -- -- 8. Deepening Democracy in South Africa: Citizen Mobilization and Ward Committees / Bettina von Lieres -- -- 9. The Making and Unmaking of a New Democratic Space / Andrea Cornwall -- -- 10. The Infinite Agenda of Social Justice: Dalit Mobilization in the Institutions of Local Governance / Ranjita Mohanty -- 11. "We got it to our heads that we should do the job of the state": the Indigenous Peoples' Movement and the Health System in Acre, Brazil / Alex Shankland -- -- 12. Public Involvement and Social Mobilization: A variable sum game? / Vera S.P. Coelho, Alexandre Ferraz, Fabiola Fanti, Meire Ribeiro -- -- 13. Dynamics of Political Change and transformation: Civil Society, Governance and the Culture of Politics in Kenya / Duncan Okello.
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Also published in print
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848134478
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848134454
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1350221414
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781848134454
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350221413
