Purcell The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-29565-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Antipode Book Series

Arguing that the hegemony of the neoliberal/capitalist nexus mustbe challenged if we are to address the proliferating challengesfacing our world, this inspiring book explains how democracy canrevive the political fortunes of the left.
* Explores issues central to the civil uprisings that swept theworld in 2011, drawing profound connections between democracy andneoliberalism in an urban context
* Features in-depth analysis of key political theorists such asGramsci; Lefebvre; Rancière; Deleuze and Guattari; and Hardtand Negri
* Advocates the reframing of democracy as a personal andcollective struggle to discover the best in ourselves andothers
* Includes empirical analysis of recent instances of collectiveaction

Autoren/Hrsg.

Purcell, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments viii
1 What Is to Be Done? 1
2 What Democracy Means 29
3 Becoming Democratic 75
4 Becoming Active 92
5 Revolutionary Connections 122
6 Conclusion 143
References 159
Index 168

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Purcell is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Design & Planning at the University of Washington, USA, where he researches urban politics, political theory, social movements, and democracy. He is the author of Recapturing Democracy (2008) and numerous articles in journals including International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Urban Geography, Environment and Planning, Antipode, Urban Studies, Political Geography, Review of International Political Economy, and Planning Theory.