Democratization in the Global South [electronic resource] : The Importance of Transformative Politics /
Stokke, K.editor.
Törnquist, O.editor.
Given the weaknesses of mainstream democratisation since the 1980s, the authors present a cutting edge examination of dynamics of political change in the direction of more substantive democracy. While focusing on the Global South, they also draw comparisons from historical and contemporary experiences from Scandinavia.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Transformative Politics in Historical and Comparative Perspective; 1 Transformative Democratic Politics; 2 The Relevance of the Scandinavian Experiences; 3 Participation and Democratic Transformation: Building Effective Citizenship in Brazil, India and South Africa; 4 Social Movements and the 'Pink Tide' Governments in Latin America: Transformation, Inclusion and Rejection; 5 Paradigmatic Failures of Transformative Democratic Politics: Indonesia and Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective
Part II: Transformative Politics in the Context of Growth Economies6 Accumulation and Inequality in China: What Spaces for Inclusion and Welfare?; 7 Globalization and Democracy: The Equivocality of a Relationship; 8 Transformative Democratic Politics in Liberalizing India?; 9 Trade Unions and Democratic Transformative Politics: Political Representation and Popular Mobilization during Local Government Reform in South Africa; 10 Transformation Institutionalized? Making Sense of Participatory Democracy in the Lula Era; Part III: Potentials for Post-clientelist Transformations
11 Post-clientelist Initiatives12 From Populism to Democratic Polity: Problems and Challenges in Solo, Indonesia; 13 Re-Politicizing Local Government for Politics of Transformation: Arguments from Sri Lanka; 14 Experiences and Strategic Interventions in Transformative Democratic Politics; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Given the weaknesses of mainstream democratisation since the 1980s, the authors present a cutting edge examination of dynamics of political change in the direction of more substantive democracy. While focusing on the Global South, they also draw comparisons from historical and contemporary experiences from Scandinavia.
Political sociology.
Political economy.
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International organization.
Political communication.
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