Democracy in social movements
By: edited by Donatella della Porta
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780230218833
Subjects: Anti-globalization movement; Antiglobalisierungsbewegung; Political aspects; Demokratie; Democracy; Soziale Bewegung; Social movements
Description: This collection explores conceptions and practices of democracy of social movement organizations involved in global protest. Focusing on the global justice movement this book shows how they adopt radical new democratic approaches and thus provide a fundamental critique of conventional politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Organizational structures and visions of democracy in the global justice movement : an introduction / Donatella della Porta; title: Global justice movement organizations : the organizational population / Donatella della Porta; title: Participatory traditions within the global justice movement / Herbert Reiter; title: Consensus in movements / Donatella della Porta; title: Social movements and multilevel governance : the external dimension of democracy / Donatella della Porta; title: Why are social movement organizations deliberative? Structural and cultural determinants of internal decision making in the global justice movement / Marco Giugni and Alessandro Nai; title: Organizational size and democratic practices : can large be beautiful? / Clare Saunders; title: Forms of action of global justice movement groups : do conceptions and practices of democracy matter? / Dieter Rucht and Simon Teune; title: Unconventional politics online : internet and the global justice movement / Lorenzo Mosca and Donatella della Porta; title: The generational issue : the impact of organizations' age on visions of democracy / Hélène Combes, Nicolas Haeringer and Isabelle Sommier; title: Crossing borders : transnational activism in European social movements / Mario Pianta, Raffaele Marchetti, and Duccio Zola; title: Democracy in movement : some conclusions / Donatella della Porta.