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Real Democracy Occupy

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Real Democracy Occupy

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No Stable Ground

Real Democracy Occupy

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Real Democracy Occupy book

No Stable Ground
ByAnna Szolucha
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2016
eBook Published 20 September 2016
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315620343
Pages 206
eBook ISBN 9781315620343
Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Politics & International Relations
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Szolucha, A. (2016). Real Democracy Occupy: No Stable Ground (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315620343

ABSTRACT

The liberal representative model of democracy is in a crisis. In protest camps, neighbourhood assemblies and through other non-hierarchical initiatives, the Occupy movement as well as other recent anti-austerity movements are redefining democracy as a positive way to engage with this crisis. The more direct democratic models of organisation that they are employing are not aimed at making the politicians regain their lost public legitimacy. Instead, direct democracy is perceived by these movements as a radical alternative to the established forms of representation. Can direct democracy become an actual alternative to representative democracy?

This book takes an engaged and in-depth look at the Occupy movement in Ireland and the San Francisco Bay Area in the US in order to present the most up-to-date evidence of the changing nature of popular democratic demands. It takes an insider’s perspective to analyse the internal processes and iterations of the movement. Establishing links between social movements and transformations of democracy, as well as underscoring the significance of the recent movements for the future of democracy, this book is essential reading for students, scholars and activists interested in direct democracy, social movements, and radical politics more generally.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|17 pages

Social movements and the crisis of democracy

chapter 2|15 pages

What is impossible is real: Derrida, Lacan and a quest for real democracy

chapter 3|42 pages

Social movements in reality: approaches to movement research

chapter 4|23 pages

Learning consensus decision- making in Occupy: uncertainty, responsibility, commitment

chapter 5|31 pages

Living real democracy in Occupy: from prefigurative politics to living temporalities

chapter 6|34 pages

Real politics in Occupy: transcending the rules of the day

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