Street-Level Democracy: Political Settings at the Margins of Global Power

by Barker, Jonathan; Cwikowski, Anne-Marie; Gombay, Christie; Isbester, Katherine; Shettima, Kole; Sundar, Aparna

• ISBN13: 9781565491069
• ISBN10: 1565491068
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub

Summary

* Emphasizes the concrete political actions of people far from power centers * Highlights seven regions of the world, ranging from Britain and the US, to Nigeria, India, and Nicaragua How do people around the world experience and respond to the pressures of change? Street-Level Democracyshows us how consideration of political settings is vital to understanding the ways global forces and local actors are changing the shape of world politics. The detailed case studies point out the important role of popular organizations and national governments as power is reconfigured on a global scale.

Author Biography

Jonathan Barker recently retired from thirty years of teaching politics and development issues at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction: Integral Lives in a Fragmenting World	p. 1
Public Action in Local Contexts: The Concept and Theory of Political Settings
Power Shift: Global Change and Local Action	p. 8
Political Settings: An Approach to the Study of Popular Action	p. 27
Political Settings in Local Communities
Empowerment from Above? Development Projects and Public Space in Northern Nigeria	p. 58
Sea Changes: Organizing around the Fishery in a South Indian Community	p. 79
Participation and Insecurity: Small Towns in England and the United States	p. 115
Political Settings and Special Constituencies
Eating and Meeting in Owino: Market Vendors, City Government, and the World Bank in Kampala, Uganda	p. 150
Claiming Space for Women: Nicaragua during and after Revolution, 1977-94	p. 183
The Mosque as a Political Space in Pakistan	p. 213
Lessons and Conclusions
Local Action and Global Power: Shifting the Balance	p. 238
Mapping Local Politics: Methods, Measures, and Morals	p. 252
Selected Bibliography	p. 272
Index	p. 274
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