Democracy, States, and the Struggle for Social Justice

by Gautney; Heather D.

• ISBN13: 9780415989824
• ISBN10: 0415989825
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Using understandable and interesting case studies, Democracy, States, and the Struggle for Global Justice analyzes the impact of neoliberal globalization on governance and explores the new forms of participatory democracy that have emerged from the global justice movement.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction by Neil Smith

Radical theories of democracy and sovereignty

Radical Democracy, Regional Human Rights Protections, and the Replacement of State Sovereignty: Elements of Effective Transnational Democracy

Sovereign Right and the Global Left

Twilight of Sovereignty or the Emergence of Cosmopolitan Norms? Rethinking Citizenship in Volatile Times

Commentary by Omar Dahbour

New spatial scales of democracy

Mundane Revolution: Youth Politics Jump Scale toward the Development of Postwar Croatia

Activism & Radical Democracy in New MexicoG++s Nuclear Ecology: Scale & Participation in Citizen Action

Cities as New Spaces for Citizenship Claims: Globalization, Urban Politics and Civil Society in Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa in the 1990s

Regional Restructuring & Radical Democracy on the North American Continent

The Common Good: Towards an Alternative Europe Commentary

Rethinking the state from an activist perspective

Gautney, Another State Is Possible?

Another Country: The Postcolonial State, Environmentality, and Landless PeopleG++s Movements

Disarticulate the State! On the Conception of Democracy among New Autonomous Movements and their Relationship to the State

Community Gardens, Convivial Spaces, and the Seeds of a Radical Democratic Counterpublic Commentary

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