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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Political participation--Case studies. Democracy--Case studies.