Mobilizing for democracy : citizen action and the politics of public participation /

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 essen...

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Other Authors:	Coelho, Vera Schattan P., Von Lieres, Bettina
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Zed, 2010.
Series:	Claiming citizenship.
Subjects:	Political participation > Case studies. Democracy > Case studies.