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Popular Sovereignty and Constituent Power in Latin America: Democracy from Below
Emelio Betances (Ed.)
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Description for Popular Sovereignty and Constituent Power in Latin America: Democracy from Below
Hardback. Editor(s): Betances, Emelio; Figueroa Ibarra, Carlos. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPHV; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
This book combines a bottom-up and top-down approach to the study of social movements in relationship to the development of constituent and constituted power in Latin America. The contributors to this volume argue that the radical transformation of liberal representative democracy into participative democracy is what colours these processes as revolutionary. The core themes include popular sovereignty, constituted power, constituent power, participatory democracy, free trade agreements, social citizenship, as well as redistribution and recognition issues. Unlike other collections, which provide broad coverage of social movements at the expense of depth, this book is of thematic focus and illuminates the relationships ... Read more
This book combines a bottom-up and top-down approach to the study of social movements in relationship to the development of constituent and constituted power in Latin America. The contributors to this volume argue that the radical transformation of liberal representative democracy into participative democracy is what colours these processes as revolutionary. The core themes include popular sovereignty, constituted power, constituent power, participatory democracy, free trade agreements, social citizenship, as well as redistribution and recognition issues. Unlike other collections, which provide broad coverage of social movements at the expense of depth, this book is of thematic focus and illuminates the relationships ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
422g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137548245
SKU
V9781137548245
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About Emelio Betances (Ed.)
Emelio Betances holds a Ph.D. in Sociology (1989) from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, and teaches Sociology at Gettysburg College, USA. His publications include State and Society in the Dominican Republic (1995), The Catholic Church and Power Politics in Latin America: The Dominican Case in Comparative Perspectives (2007), and En busca de la ciudadania: los movimientos sociales ... Read more
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