Street-Level Democracy
Political Settings at the Margins of Global Power
Published on 7. December 1999
280 pages
978-1-926662-40-4 (ISBN)
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Using colourful and detailed case material, Street-Level Democracy introduces a new method of researching everyday politics. It is a wide-ranging book that traces the conflicts between global power and local action. People in farming communities, town mosques, city markets, and fishing communities suffer the effects of wrenching change, but live far from the centres of power. From Britain and small-town USA to Nigeria, India, and Nicaragua, citizens everywhere grapple with the politics of everyday life.
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Jonathan Barker | Anne-Marie Cwikowski | Christie Gombay
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Political Settings at the Margins of Global Power
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Content
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: Integral Lives in a Fragmenting World
- Part I. Public Action in Local Contexts: The Concept and Theory of Political Settings
- 2. Power Shift: Global Change and Local Action
- 3. Political Settings: An Approach to the Study of Popular Action
- Part II. Political Settings in Local Communities
- 4. Empowerment from Above? Development Projects and Public Space in Northern Nigeria
- 5. Sea Changes: Organizing around the Fishery in a South Indian Community
- 6. Participation and Insecurity: Small Towns in England and the United States
- Part III. Political Settings and Special Constituencies
- 7. Eating and Meeting in Owino: Market Vendors, City Government, and the World Bank in Kampala, Uganda
- 8. Claiming Space for Women: Nicaragua during and after Revolution, 1977-94
- 9. The Mosque as a Political Space in Pakistan
- Part IV. Lessons and Conclusions
- 10. Local Action and Global Power: Shifting the Balance
- Appendix. Mapping Local Politics: Methods, Measures, and Morals
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
