Collective Action and Political Transformations: The Entangled Experiences in Brazil, South Africa and Europe - Hardcover

Mota, Aurea; Wagner, Peter

 
9781474442961: Collective Action and Political Transformations: The Entangled Experiences in Brazil, South Africa and Europe
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ISBN 10: 147444296X ISBN 13: 9781474442961
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Takes lessons from the Global South to explore the possibilities for positive political action worldwide

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About the Authors

Aurea Mota is Associate Researcher at the Center for the Study of Culture, Politics, and Society (CECUPS) at the University of Barcelona. Her first book was published by the Latin Americana Research Council of Social Science (CLACSO).

Peter Wagner is Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies Research Professor at the University of Barcelona. His publications include The Trouble with Democracy (Edinburgh University Press, 2016), African, American and European Trajectories of Modernity (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), Modernity as Experience and Interpretation (Polity Press, 2008), A History and Theory of the Social Sciences (Sage, 2001), Theorising Modernity (Sage, 2001) and A Sociology of Modernity (Routledge, 1994).

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'What is the future of collective political action when democracies have been reduced to systems for aggregating individual opinions? Mota and Wagner answer this critical question of our age with a rich comparative analytics of globalisation. This is a timely and important book which makes a compelling argument for the retrieval of consent grounded in institutions which are sensitive to the specificity of conflict.' Michael Power, London School of Economics and Political Science Taking lessons from the Global South to explore the possibilities for positive political action worldwide Common perception of the current global situation is of a world shaped by dynamics of increasing economic and political interdependence, the diffusion of free-market capitalism and a merely procedural democracy. Collective action in this climate is often associated with growing intolerance, xenophobia and exclusion, or it is regarded as incapable of making a real and positive difference in the lives of individuals. This book acknowledges the severe problem with effective and significant collective action, but it arrives at a less gloomy diagnosis of our time by rethinking the political from the angle of the experiences with progressive and conservative collective action in different parts of the globe: Brazil, South Africa and Europe. By doing so, it contributes a critical perspective to the debate about the possible impact of parts of the Global South for positive social and political developments worldwide. Aurea Mota is Associate Researcher at the University of Barcelona. Peter Wagner is Research Professor of Social Sciences at the Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies and at the University of Barcelona as well as currently Project Director at Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg.

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'What is the future of collective political action when democracies have been reduced to systems for aggregating individual opinions? Mota and Wagner answer this critical question of our age with a rich comparative analytics of globalisation. This is a timely and important book which makes a compelling argument for the retrieval of consent grounded in institutions which are sensitive to the specificity of conflict. Michael Power, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTaking lessons from the Global South to explore the possibilities for positive political action worldwideCommon perception of the current global situation is of a world shaped by dynamics of increasing economic and political interdependence, the diffusion of free-market capitalism and a merely procedural democracy. Collective action in this climate is often associated with growing intolerance, xenophobia and exclusion, or it is regarded as incapable of making a real and positive difference in the lives of individuals. This book acknowledges the severe problem with effective and significant collective action, but it arrives at a less gloomy diagnosis of our time by rethinking the political from the angle of the experiences with progressive and conservative collective action in different parts of the globe: Brazil, South Africa and Europe. By doing so, it contributes a critical perspective to the debate about the possible impact of parts of the Global South for positive social and political developments worldwide.Aurea Mota is Associate Researcher at the University of Barcelona.Peter Wagner is Research Professor of Social Sciences at the Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies and at the University of Barcelona as well as currently Project Director at Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg.

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
147444296X
ISBN 13 
9781474442961
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
272

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