ISBN:
9781107028302
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (290 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Meeting Democracy : Power and Deliberation in Global Justice Movements
DDC:
303.48/4
Keywords:
Anti-globalization movement
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Control (Psychology)
;
Decision making
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Democracy
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Political participation
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Social movements
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
An innovative study of the internal practices of deliberation and democratic decision-making in twelve Global Justice social movement groups
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Power and democracy in social movements: an introduction Donatella della Porta and Dieter Rucht; 2. A methodology to study power and deliberation in group meetings Christoph Haug, Dieter Rucht and Simon Teune; 3. Types and patterns of intragroup controversies Dieter Rucht; 4. Patterns of participation Clare Saunders and Christopher Rootes; 5. Power and arguments Massimiliano Andretta; 6. Emotions in movement Donatella della Porta and Marco Giugni; 7. Quality of deliberation: a multilevel analysis Marco Giugni and Alessandro Nai; 8. Structurelessness: an evil or asset? A case study Christoph Haug and Dieter Rucht; 9. Power and democracy in social movements: concluding remarks Donatella della Porta and Dieter Rucht; Appendix: research instruments.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Power and democracy in social movements: an introduction; 1.1 The problem; 1.1.1 Our interest and approach; 1.1.2 Efforts and problems in controlling internal power; 1.2 The aim, questions and background of this book: participant observation and social movement studies; 1.3 Research design and methodological choices; 1.4 The structure of the book; References; 2 A methodology for studying democracy and power in group meetings; 2.1 The challenge for research; 2.2 Our starting point and practical restrictions
Description / Table of Contents:
2.3 Conceptual basis and research instruments2.3.1 Comparative participant observation; 2.3.2 Controversies and their context; 2.3.3 Central aspects of controversies; 2.4 Strengths and weaknesses of our approach; 2.5 Summary; References; 3 Types and patterns of intragroup controversies; 3.1 Deliberation and deliberative democracy: some theoretical considerations; 3.1.1 Defining the concept; 3.1.2 Deliberation in context; 3.2 Deliberative democracy in associations and social movements; 3.3 Researching communication in GJM groups; 3.3.1 The conceptual framework for analysing controversies
Description / Table of Contents:
3.3.2 Selected quantitative findings3.4 Conclusion; References; 4 Patterns of participation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Concepts and theories; 4.2 Individuals: who participates in social movement meetings?; 4.3 Group-level dynamics and movement participation; 4.4 Meetings: how do the features of meetings influence participation?; 4.5 Participation in agenda items; 4.6 The challenge of sustaining participation; 4.7 Conclusions; References; 5 Power and arguments in global justice movement settings; 5.1 Introduction: power, preferences and values; 5.2 Power over/in communication
Description / Table of Contents:
5.2.1 The power of excluding people5.2.2 The power of excluding preferences/values; 5.2.3 Hard power in communication; 5.3 Soft power: how many 'best' arguments?; 5.3.1 Closed preferences; 5.3.2 Open preferences; 5.4 Conclusions; References; 6 Emotions in movements; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Emotions and social movements; 6.3 Group emotional cultures; 6.4 Situational emotional cultures; 6.5 Conclusion; References; 7 Quality of deliberation: a multilevel analysis: a multilevel analysis; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Controversies and conflict handling in social movements; 7.3 Data and methods
Description / Table of Contents:
7.4 The presence of controversies during group discussions7.5 The deliberative quality of controversies; 7.6 Conclusion; References; 8 Structurelessness: an evil or an asset? A case study; 8.1 Debates about structurelessness; 8.2 Description of the group setting and its wider context; 8.3 Rules and patterns of interaction in the group; 8.3.1 Communication culture and self-regulation of the group; 8.3.2 Manifest problems and how they are dealt with in the group; 8.4 Discussion and conclusion; References; 9 Power and democracy: concluding remarks; 9.1 The characteristics of the selected groups
Description / Table of Contents:
9.2 Group atmosphere and cohesion
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Power and democracy in social movements: an introduction Donatella della Porta and Dieter Rucht; 2. A methodology to study power and deliberation in group meetings Christoph Haug, Dieter Rucht and Simon Teune; 3. Types and patterns of intragroup controversies Dieter Rucht; 4. Patterns of participation Clare Saunders and Christopher Rootes; 5. Power and arguments Massimiliano Andretta; 6. Emotions in movement Donatella della Porta and Marco Giugni; 7. Quality of deliberation: a multilevel analysis Marco Giugni and Alessandro Nai; 8. Structurelessness: an evil or asset? A case study Christoph Haug and Dieter Rucht; 9. Power and democracy in social movements: concluding remarks Donatella della Porta and Dieter Rucht; Appendix: research instruments.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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