Social movements and democracy in the 21st century. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dylan Taylor.
• Other Names: Taylor, Dylan
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables; 1: Introduction: Confronting the€Crisis of€Democracy; The Crisis of€Democracy and€the€Rise of€Neoliberalism; Chapter Content; Note; Part I: Situating Contestation; 2: The Arc of€Contention; From the€French Revolution to€the€First International; The Paris Commune; From the€Second International to€the€Exhaustion of€the€Old Left; New Social Movements and€the€New Left; Contesting Neoliberalism; Summary; Note; 3: Rethinking Social Movements; North American Social Movement Studies; European New Social Movement Studies; The Activist Perspective. Marxism and€the€Study of€Social Movements Summary; Notes; 4: The Dynamics of€Capital; Capital's Key Dynamics; From Keynesianism to€the€Financial Crisis of€2008; Summary; Note; 5: Reconceptualising Political Strategy; Destabilising Marxism; Multiplicity and€Effective Political Action; Populism and€Antagonism; On the€Subjective Dimension of€Revolt; Exodus; Summary; Notes; Part II: Contesting the Twenty-First Century: An Analysis of Occupy; 6: Occupy, Democracy, and€Enduring Change; Methods; Occupy's Economic Critique-The Economic Crisis Is also a€Crisis of€Democracy. The Quest for€Democracy General Assemblies; Horizontalism; To Make Demands?; The Problem of€Endurance; Summary; Notes; 7: The Subject of€Change; Conceptualising Class; Occupy and€Class; Tensions in€the€99 Percent; Summary; Notes; 8: Locating Effective Resistance; Cyber-Optimism; Cyber-Scepticism; Occupy-Analogue or Digital?; Occupy's Spatial Dimension; Summary; Notes; Part III: Claiming the Twenty-First Century; 9: Reconceptualising Effective Action; Recovering the State; Movements and€Parties; Moving Beyond Our "1848 Moment"-Communism and€the€Communist Party; Summary. Notes10: Conclusion: Overcoming the€Crisis of€Democracy; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (293 pages)
• Subjects: 339.20973; Occupy movement; Social justice; Social movements -- 21st century; Protest movements -- 21st century; Socialism -- 21st century; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions; Occupy movement; Protest movements; Social justice; Social movements; Socialism; Social Sciences; Political Sociology; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; Political Communication; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319396842; 3319396846
• Related ISBNs: 3319396838; 9783319396835
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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