Mobilizing for democracy [electronic resource] : citizen action and the politics of public participation / edited by Vera Schattan P. Coelho and Bettina Von Lieres.
Series: Claiming citizenshipPublication details: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2010.Description: xvi, 287 p. : ill., mapISBN:- 9781848134454 (hbk.)
- 1848134452 (hbk.)
- 1848134460 (pbk.)
- 9781848134461 (pbk.)
- 9781848134478 (e-book)
- 1848134479 (e-book)
- 9781848131255 (e-book)
- 323.042 22
- JF799 .M63 2010eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-279) and index.
Using new empirical case studies from around the world, this book illustrates how alternative forms of political mobilization - protests, social participation, activism, litigation & lobbying - engage with the formal institutions of representative democracy in ways that constitute the very essence of democratic politics.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.