{"product_id":"democratizing-democracy-beyond-the-liberal-democratic-canon-9781844671472","title":"Democratizing Democracy: Beyond the Liberal Democratic Canon","description":"The majorconflicts between the Global North and the South can be expected toresult from the confrontation of alternative conceptions of democracy, mainly between liberal or representative democracy and participatorydemocracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe hegemonic model of democracy, while prevailing on aglobal scale, guarantees no more than low-intensity democracy. Inrecent times, participatory democracy has exhibited a new dynamic, engaging mainly subaltern communities and social groups that fightagainst social exclusion and the suppression of citizenship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn thiscollection of reports from the Global South--India, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia, and Brazil--De Sousa Santos and his colleaguesshow how, in some cases, the deepening of democracy results from thedevelopment of dual forms of participatory and representativedemocracy, and points to the emergence of transnational networks ofparticipatory democracy initiatives. Such networks pave one of the waysto the reinvention of social emancipation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is volume 1 of the \u003ci\u003eReinventing Social Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e project, edited by Boaventura de Sousa Santos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844671472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.32w x 1.53d","brand":"Boaventura de Sousa Santos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45439090327733,"sku":"9781844671472","price":46.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_76272d63-1536-46bc-9d6a-1a5b29b7afbc.jpg?v=1749003386","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/democratizing-democracy-beyond-the-liberal-democratic-canon-9781844671472","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}