Democratizing Democracy
Beyond the Liberal Democratic Canon
Published on 17. January 2006
Book
Hardback
477 pages
978-1-84467-041-3 (ISBN)
Description
The major conflicts between the Global North and South can be expected to result from the confrontation of alternative conceptions of democracy, mainly between liberal or representative democracy and participatory democracy.
The hegemonic model of democracy, while prevailing on a global scale, guarantees no more than low-intensity democracy. In recent times, participatory democracy has exhibited a new dynamic, engaging mainly subaltern communities and social groups that fight against social exclusion and the suppression of citizenship.
In this collection of reports from the Global South - India, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia, and Brazil - de Sousa Santos and his colleagues show how, in some cases, the deepening of democracy results from the development of dual forms of participatory and representative democracy, and points to the emergence of transnational networks of participatory democracy initiatives. Such networks pave one of the ways to the reinvention of social emancipation.
This is volume 1 of the Reinventing Social Emancipation project, edited by Boaventura de Sousa Santos.
The hegemonic model of democracy, while prevailing on a global scale, guarantees no more than low-intensity democracy. In recent times, participatory democracy has exhibited a new dynamic, engaging mainly subaltern communities and social groups that fight against social exclusion and the suppression of citizenship.
In this collection of reports from the Global South - India, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia, and Brazil - de Sousa Santos and his colleagues show how, in some cases, the deepening of democracy results from the development of dual forms of participatory and representative democracy, and points to the emergence of transnational networks of participatory democracy initiatives. Such networks pave one of the ways to the reinvention of social emancipation.
This is volume 1 of the Reinventing Social Emancipation project, edited by Boaventura de Sousa Santos.
Reviews / Votes
At last, someone is putting concrete analysis on 'counter-hegemonic globalization from the bottom up.' Boaventura de Sousa Santos has assembled social scientists from Latin America, Africa and Asia to describe another kind of democracy, full of lessons for the benighted countries of the North, where it should be mandatory reading for serious people. -- Immanuel Wallerstein In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher declared 'There is no alternative.' At the beginning of the 21st century the World Social Forum replied, 'Another World Is Possible.' The project, Reinventing Social Emancipation, is a passionate and wide-ranging effort at enriching our vision of that other world. -- Erik Olin WrightMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
919 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84467-041-3 (9781844670413)
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Boaventura de Sousa Santos is Professor of Sociology at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and ILS Distinguished Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has been an active participant in the World Social Forum. His books include Toward a New Legal Common Sense: Law, Globalization and Emancipation.
Emir Sader is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Sao Paolo and Director of the Latin American Social Science Research Council (CLACSO).
Emir Sader is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Sao Paolo and Director of the Latin American Social Science Research Council (CLACSO).