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This edited collection introduces conceptual innovations that critically engage with understanding refugee movements as part of the broader category o

Arguing that corruption increasingly appears a problem common to most, if not all democracies. This text develops a model to analyze corruption as a n

This collection explores conceptions and practices of democracy of social movement organizations involved in global protest. Focusing on the global ju

Given the focus on the challenges to representative democracy, and the search for institutions and procedures that can help to channel increasing part

Recent years have seen a new development in the growth and spread of popular protest: protests that began as local, homogeneous events-such as Occupy

Political corruption has traditionally been presented as a phenomenon characteristic of developing countries, authoritarian regimes, or societies in w

Given the focus on the challenges to representative democracy and the search for new institutions and procedures to help increase participation, this

Een plots telefoontje dwingt een vrouw om gehaast te vertrekken uit haar woonplaats Grenoble. Met de trein reist ze langs verschillende kleine station

Which elements do the Arab Spring, the Indignados and Occupy Wall Street have in common? How do they differ? What do they share with social movements

When corruption is exposed, unknown aspects are revealed which allow us to better understand its structures and informal norms. This book investigates

Protest campaigns against large-scale public works usually take place within a local context. However, since the 1990s new forms of protest have been

Which elements do the Arab Spring, the Indignados and Occupy Wall Street have in common? How do they differ? What do they share with social movements

Here, two titans of social movement scholarship bring together the best current research on the nexus between the local and the global in translating

The birth of democracies owes much to the interventions and mobilizations of ordinary people. Yet many feel as though they have inherited democratic

Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of democra

Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of represent