Social Movements and Democracy in the 21st Century

This book contends that the impasse of the Left today is in part, a result of an anarchist 'common sense' among activists. The author argues that the vital dynamics of anarchism and social movements need to be combined with a reappraisal of the Communist party and state. While cynicism tow...

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Main Author Taylor, Dylan (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Political communication.
Political sociology.
Social justice.
Human rights.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319396842
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-39684-2
Physical DescriptionXI, 290 p. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Confronting the Crisis of Democracy
  • Part I Situating Contestation
  • 1. The Arc of Contention
  • 2. Rethinking Social Movements
  • 3. The Dynamics of Capital
  • 4. Reconceptualising political strategy
  • Part II Contesting the Twenty-First Century: An Analysis of Occupy
  • 5. Occupy, Democracy, and Enduring Change
  • 6. The Subject of Change
  • 7. Locating Effective Resistance
  • Part III Claiming the Twenty-First Century
  • 8. Reconceptualising Effective Action
  • Conclusion: Overcoming the crisis of democracy.

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