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Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same time, new opportunities are emerging that propose alternative visions for the future of democracy. In this highly articulate book, Donatella della Porta analyses diverse conceptions and practices of participatory and deliberative democracy, building upon recent reflections in normative theory as well as original empirical research. As well as drawing on key historical examples, the book pays close attention to the current revitalization of social movements: the Arab Spring uprisings in processes of democratic transition; the potential of new technologies to develop so-called e-democracy in the Indignados and Occupy Wall Street protests; and proposals for cosmopolitan democracy found in recent campaigns for democratization of the European Union and United Nations. Alongside such social movements, the book also assesses institutional reactions, from the policing of protest to efforts at reform. &#x2022%x; Acknowledgments 1 Models of Democracy: An Introduction 2 Liberal Democracy: Evolution and Challenges 3 Participatory Democracy 4 Deliberative Democracy: Between Representation and Participation 5 E-Democracy? New Technologies and Democratic Deepening 6 The Challenge of Global Governance 7 Democratization and Social Movements 8 Restricting Citizens' Participation: The Policing of Protest 9 Deliberative Experiments inside Institutions 10 Can Democracy Be Saved? A Conclusion &#x2022%x; Notes &#x2022%x; Bibliography &#x2022%x; Index

Social change --- Political systems --- Political sociology --- Democracy --- Social movements --- Démocratie --- Mouvements sociaux --- #SBIB:324H20 --- Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) --- Démocratie --- Movements, Social --- Social history --- Social psychology --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics

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Social movements --- Social history --- Mouvements sociaux --- Histoire sociale --- Case studies --- Cas, Etudes de --- #SBIB:324H74 --- #SBIB:002.IEB --- Politieke verandering: sociale bewegingen --- Case studies. --- Movements, Social --- Social psychology

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This collection explores conceptions and practices of democracy of social movement organizations involved in global protest. Focusing on the global justice movement this book shows how they adopt radical new democratic approaches and thus provide a fundamental critique of conventional politics.

Social movements --- Anti-globalization movement. --- Democracy. --- Mouvements sociaux --- Antimondialisation --- Démocratie --- Political aspects. --- Aspect politique --- Démocratie --- Anti-globalization movement --- Democracy --- Political aspects --- Social movements - Political aspects

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This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence. While most studies of social movements focus on single - nations, Donatella della Porta uses a comparative research design to analyse movements in two countries - Italy and Germany - from the 1960s to the 1990s. Through extensive usage of official documents and in-depth interviews, della Porta is able to explain the actors' construction of external political reality. The empirical data are used to build a middle-range theory of political violence that incorporates an analysis of the interactions between social movements and the state at the macro-level, an analysis of the development of radical organizations as entrepreneurs for political violence at the meso-level, and an analysis of the construction of 'militant' identities and countercultures at the micro-level.

Social movements --- Political violence --- Mouvements sociaux --- Violence politique --- Germany --- Italy --- Allemagne --- Italie --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Social change --- Political systems --- Internal politics --- Politics --- Violence --- Movements, Social --- Social history --- Social psychology --- Political crimes and offenses --- Terrorism --- #SBIB:324H73 --- #SBIB:324H74 --- Politieke verandering: oppositie en minderheid, protest, politiek geweld --- Politieke verandering: sociale bewegingen --- Social Sciences --- Sociology --- Political violence - Italy --- Political violence - Germany --- Social movements - Italy --- Social movements - Germany --- Italy - Politics and government - 1945-1976 --- Italy - Politics and government - 1976-1994 --- Germany - Politics and government - 1945-1990

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While the pictures used to illustrate the most recent wave of protests for democracy in North Africa represent mass protest, research on social movements and democratisation have rarely interacted. This volume aims at filling this gap by looking at episodes of democratisation through the lenses of social movement studies.

Democracy. --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics