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Book SynopsisDemocracy Here and Now presents a detailed account of the 15M Movement in Spain one of the important participatory democracies of the early twenty-first century.
Trade Review“Ouziel argues that 15M served as a tipping point in democratic Spain because it manifested civic freedom, a culture of caring, and even a way of life. He believes it persists because its self-created participatory cooperation is interspersed with a civil citizenship. This distinction between civil and civic citizenship nicely contributes conceptually to understanding social movements. Mainstream political scientists and theorists will question the author’s hopeful argument about 15M’s long-term impact." -- T.D. Lancaster, Emory University *
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword: James Tully Visiting 15M locales across Spain Six distinct types of joining hands relationships Introduction Studying democracies: Learning via examples and exemplarity 1. Exercising power together as equals 2. Roots and routes of Spain’s counter-modernity 3. Constructing alternative futures on shoestring budgets 4. Engaging state-based representative government Conclusion 5. Democracy here and now Bibliography Index
