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OverviewDemocracy is very much an open question in the early twenty-first century. While voter participation declines in many traditional democracies, new movements for democracy are emerging around the world. This book brings the question of democracy out of the halls of political power and home to our daily lives, pitting ""official democracy"" and ""democracy from below"" against one another in a lively debate. For more information see www.democraticimagination.com. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James Cairns , Alan SearsPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781442605282ISBN 10: 1442605286 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 15 October 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsList of Exercising Your Democratic Imagination Textboxes Acknowledgements 1. Democracy as an Open Question 2. Political, Social, and Economic Democracy 3. Citizenship and Inequality 4. There and Not There: Representation and Participation 5. Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Democracy, and the State 6. The Power of Knowing 7. Democracy and Body Politics 8. The Struggle Continues Glossary References IndexReviewsThose who read this book will come away with their own thoughts on official democracy and democracy from below, especially since the authors engage on so many different topics. The goal is to cause readers to think deeply about these issues, and the book does this quite well. It can certainly be integrated into a wide variety of political science and sociology courses, too, because of the effectiveness of the book's overarching frame. -- American Review of Canadian Studies Those who read this book will come away with their own thoughts on official democracy and democracy from below, especially since the authors engage on so many different topics. The goal is to cause readers to think deeply about these issues, and the book does this quite well. It can certainly be integrated into a wide variety of political science and sociology courses, too, because of the effectiveness of the book's overarching frame. -- <i>American Review of Canadian Studies</i> Author InformationJames Cairns is Associate Professor, Social and Environmental Justice, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. He is the author (with Alan Sears) of A Good Book, In Theory: Making Sense Through Inquiry (2015) and The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012). Alan Sears is Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University. He is the author of The New Left: A History of the Future (2014) and co-author with James Cairns of The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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