Mobilizing for democracy : citizen action and the politics of public participation /: citizen action and the politics of public participation. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Vera Schattan P. Coelho and Bettina Von Lieres.
• Other Names: Coelho, Vera Schattan P; Von Lieres, Bettina
• Contents: Foreword -- John Gaventa Introduction -- Vera S. Coelho & Bettina von Lieres Part I: Associational mobilization: constructing citizenship2. Have NGO Political Empowerment Programs at the Grassroots Level Contributed the Deepening of Democracy in Kenya? -- Celestine Nyamu Musembi 3. Microfinance and Social Mobilization: Alternative Pathways to Grassroots Democracy? -- Naila Kabeer and Simeen Mahmud 4. The Nucleo Representativo das Associações (NRA) of Dombe Grande, Angola: building democracy and citizenship at the local level -- Idaci Ferreira and Sandra Roque Part II: Social movements: contesting political authority and building state responsiveness5. We got it in our heads that we should do the job of the state the Indigenous Peoples -- Movement and the Health System in Acre, Brazil -- Alex Shankland 6. The 2007 Movement and the Role of Citizen Action in the Consolidation of Democracy in Nigeria -- Jibrin Ibrahim and Samuel Egwu 7. How Deep is Deep Democracy? Global Citizenship in Local Spaces -- Steven Robins Part III: Citizen involvement in formal governance mechanisms8. The Infinite Agenda of Social Justice: Dalit Mobilization in the Institutions of Local Governance -- Ranjita Mohanty 9. Public Involvement and Social Mobilization: A win-win game? -- Vera S.P. Coelho, Alexandre Ferraz, Fabiola Fanti, Meire Ribeiro 10. Dynamics of Political Change and transformation: Civil Society, Governance and the Culture of Politics in Kenya -- Duncan Okello Part IV: Where and how to participate?11. Passivity or Protest? Understanding the dimensions of Mobilization on Rights to Services in Khayelitsha, Cape Town -- Lisa Thompson and Ndodana Nleya 12. How styles of activism influence social participation and democratic deliberation -- Arilson Favareto, Yumi Gonçalves, Frederico Menino, Carolina Galvanese, Vera S.P. Coelho.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 323.042; Political participation -- Case studies; Democracy -- Case studies; Democracy; Political participation; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848139152; 1848139152
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