Reimagining Radical Democracy in the Global South - Emerging Paradigms From Colombia and Turkiye

This Element offers an analysis of contemporary social movements in Colombia and Turkey to show the limits and potential of radical democracy to reimagine new expressions of citizenship and non-capitalist alternatives.

List of contents

1. Radical Democracy and Social Movements: Some Introductory Thoughts; 2. Radical Democracy as Incomplete Praxis: A Critique of Existing Paradigms; 3. Environmental Citizenship in Colombia; 4. Building the Common in Turkey; 5. Reimagining Radical Democracy and Social Movements in the Twenty-First Century; Bibliography.

Summary

This Element offers an analysis of contemporary social movements in Colombia and Turkey to show the limits and potential of radical democracy to reimagine new expressions of citizenship and non-capitalist alternatives.

Foreword

This Element examines radical democracy's limits and potential by exploring political activism through redefining citizenship and commoning in Colombia and Turkey.

Product details

• Authors: Kaan (Framingham State University) Tamayo Agartan, Kaan Ağartan, Camilo Tamayo Gomez
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009498500
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0949850-0
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Elements in Comparative Political Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, Colombia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political activism, Developing Countries, Turkey, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Political activism / Political engagement, Global South / Developing countries