Deliberative Democracy and Social Movements - Transition Initiatives in the Public Sphere

Informationen zum Autor Andrea Felicetti is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Political Research, KU Leuven, Belgium. Klappentext By offering a critical assessment of deliberation in social movement organisations, this study identifies key aspects affecting their ability to pursue democratic deliberation and sheds new light on the role of community actors in deliberative democracy. Zusammenfassung By offering a critical assessment of deliberation in social movement organisations! this study identifies key aspects affecting their ability to pursue democratic deliberation and sheds new light on the role of community actors in deliberative democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction / 1. Deliberative Capacity: From Deliberative Theory to Democratic Life / 2. Transition from a Deliberative Democratic Perspective / 3. Case Study: Transition Connor / 4. Case Study: Notari Città di Transizione / 5. Case Study: Transition Dickson Hills / 6. Vaiai in Transizione / 7. Comparative Findings / 8. The Drivers of Deliberative Capacity / 9. Conclusions / Bibliography / Index

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Felicetti, Felicetti Andrea
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781786601643
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-164-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political structures: democracy, Political structures / systems: democracy