People Power and Political Change: Key Issues and Concepts

by Carter; April

• ISBN13: 9780415580496
• ISBN10: 0415580498
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-01-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

From an international politics perspective, this book assesses the role of people power in global politics in the twenty first century and its relevance to opposing theories about the nature of international relations.Focusing on protests that have sought to overthrow oppressive regimes or to contest the rigging of elections, Carter seeks to use these to illuminate key issues and concepts in the study of politics. She also examines how National movements often have support from organizations or campaigns in other countries, and may be the focus of widespread transnational solidarity and action. Drawing on classical political and sociological thinkers, the author explores key concepts in international relations including: power, violence and authority; theories of the state; the idea of citizenship; concepts of democracy, both within social movements and nation states; and the relationship or tension between democracy and constitutionalism.This important text is a must read for students and scholars of political theory, political movements, comparative politics, international politics and political sociology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
Resistance and political change	p. 5
People power and nonviolent methods in historical perspective	p. 7
People power and people's war compared	p. 22
People power and changing theories of revolution	p. 49
Central concepts and debates	p. 73
Power, violence and unarmed resistance	p. 75
Constructing 'the people': body politic, nation or class?	p. 91
People power and electoral democracy: 'electoral revolutions' and democratization	p. 116
Implications of globalization for success of people power	p. 143
Global trends, transnational solidarity and international politics	p. 145
Conclusion	p. 174
Appendix: People power movements against political repression since 1975	p. 178
Bibliography	p. 181
Index	p. 197
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