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The social movements : from promoters to protagonists of democracy / Pedro Ibarra -- When do (and don't) social movements promote democratization? / Charles Tilly -- Direct democracy and leadership in social movement networks / Mario Diani -- Identity mobilization and democracy : an ambivalent relationship / Klaus Eder -- Landscapes of political interest intermediation : social movements, interest groups, and parties in the early twenty-first century / Herbert Kitschelt -- Social movements and democracy at the turn of the millennium : the Italian case / Donatella della Porta -- The resurgence of protest and the revitalization of democracy in Britain / Christopher Rootes -- Participation, public policies, and democracy (international solidarity and anti-militarism in the Basque country and Catalonia) / R. Gomà ... [et al.] -- The transformation of the national political space in a globalizing world / Hanspeter Kriesi -- Social movements challenging neo-liberal globalization / Dieter Rucht. |
