Democratic innovations and social movements -- Crowd-sourced constitutionalism : social movements in the constitutional process -- Referendums from below : direct democracy and social movements -- Movement parties in the great recession -- Progressive movements and democratic innovations : some conclusions.
Summary:
"Leading political sociologist della Porta rehabilitates the role social movements have long played in fostering democracy. Bridging social movement studies and democratic theory, she investigates contemporary innovations of the progressive Left in times of crisis and reflects on the potential and limits of such alternative politics"-- Provided by publisher.
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