Mobilizing for democracy citizen action and the politics of public participation / [electronic resource] : edited by Vera Schattan P. Coelho and Bettina Von Lieres. - London ; New York : Zed Books, 2010. - xvi, 287 p. : ill., map. - Claiming citizenship . - Claiming citizenship. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-279) and index.

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.


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Political participation--Case studies.
Democracy--Case studies.


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