Democracy, Participation and Contestation: Civil society, governance and the future of liberal democracy
Emmanuelle Avril (Ed.)
The establishment of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic has not been a smooth evolution towards an idealized presumed endpoint. Far from it, democratization has been marked by setbacks and victories, a process often referred to as ‘contested democracy’. In view of recent mobilizations such as the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement, in which new technologies have played a key role, there is a need for a renewed analysis of the long-term evolution of US and UK political systems.
Using new areas of research, this book argues that the ideals and the practices of Anglo-American democracy can be ... Read more
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, British and US history, democracy, political participation, governance, social movements and politics.
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