Democracy in crisis. The dynamics of civil protest and civil resistance.

Sonst. Personen	Preiss, Bert (Hrsg.); Brunner, Claudia (Hrsg.)
Titel	Democracy in crisis. The dynamics of civil protest and civil resistance. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Demokratie in der Krise. Die Dynamik zivilen Protests und zivilen Widerstands.
Quelle	Wien: Lit Verl. (2013), 453 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Dialog. 64; Friedensbericht. 2012
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-3-643-90359-4
Schlagwörter	Gewalt; Jugend; Feminismus; Bürgerschaftliches Engagement; Demokratie; Entwicklungsland; Friedenssicherung; Nachfolgestaat; Nachsozialistische Gesellschaft; Protest; Protestbewegung; Soziale Bewegung; Soziales Engagement; Widerstand (Pol); Zivilgesellschaft; Finanzwirtschaft; Wirtschaftskrise; Alternative; Krise; Reform; Sicherheit; Internet; Europäische Union; Afrika; Arabische Staaten; Naher Osten; Nordafrika; Sowjetunion; Ukraine; Ägypten
Abstract	"This 26th edition of the Peace Report - for the first time published in English and edited in cooperation with the recently formed Conflict Peace and Democracy Cluster (CPDC) - addresses urgent issues surrounding the current multifaceted crisis of democracy and the possibilities for civil protest and civil resistance. The edited volume brings together 16 international scientists and practitioners from various backgrounds and approaches, who discuss and analyse different aspects and issues of the current crisis of democracy and elaborate an potential solutions and alternative courses of action. Accordingly, the book is structured along the following key themes: Global financial crisis and socio-economic alternatives; Feminist critique and resistance; Youth activism and education; Hotspots of ethno-national conflict and non-violent regime change; New media, security and freedom in the age of crisis." (publisher's description). Contents: Bert Preiss und Claudia Brunner: Setting the Scene: On the Crisis of Democracy and the Potential for Civil Protest and Resistance (9-34); I. Global financial crisis and socio-economic alternatives: Mark Joób: Democratic Accountability of Business and Monetary Reform (35-56); Karin Küblböck: The Euro-Crisis: Development, Current Policy Proposals and Alternatives (57-78); Silke Ötsch: Time for Socio-Economic Peace-Making: Imposing Socio-Economic Alternatives in the Light of Reform Failure (79-110); II. Feminist critique and resistance: Lilijana Burcar: Capitalist-Imperial Agendas and Co-optation of Feminism: Strategies and Ploys of Depoliticization (111-134); Magdalena Freudenschuß: Precarity, Vulnerability and the Commons: Feminist Reflections on the Politics of Commons (135-154); III. Youth activism and education: Christoph Sanders: Building Resistance: Dynamics of Egyptian Youth Activism in Non-Violent Movements between 2000 and 2011 (155-184); Aleksandar Prvulovic: Learning from Young People: Youth-led Social Movements as Models for Modern Civic Youth Activism within Traditional NGOs (185-206); Ana Afonso: Youth Social Participation: Learning Context, Challenges and Opportunities (207-232); Alicia Cabezudo and Magnus Haavelsrud: A Comprehensive Programme Framework for Developing Policies on Education for Participation, Democracy and Civic Resistance from a Non-Violent Perspective: The Latin American Case (233-262); IV. Hotspots Of Ethno-National Conflict And Non-Violent Regime Change: Neil Jarman: Managing Violence and Building Peace from Below (263-284); Vladyslav Akulov-Muratov and Olha Budko: Cosmopolitanism and Xenophobia of the Ruling Elites as a Ground for the Rise of Democratic Protest Movements in Ukraine (285-308); Patricia Bauer and Bertold Schweitzer: The Egyptian Revolution 2011: Mechanisms of Violence and Non-Violence (309-330); V. New media, security and freedom in the age of crisis: Rainer Fischbach: Multiple Crises and the Quest for Security (331-352); Ronald H. Tuschl: Beyond the Digital Revolution: The Struggle between the Governmental Sphere and the Civil Society for Hegemony in Cyberspace (353-372).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2014/2