The Will of the Many: How the Alterglobalisation Movement is Changing the Face of Democracy (Anthropology, Culture and Society) - Softcover

Maeckelbergh, Marianne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074532925X ISBN 13: 9780745329253

Verlag: Pluto Press, 2009

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Maeckelbergh's ethnographic research has enabled her to write an exciting book-length exploration of the prefigurative democratic political practices of alter-globalization activists. This study is essential reading for all who continue to insist that other worlds are possible. (John Gledhill, Max Gluckman Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester)

Fifty years from now, this book may well be looked back on as having opened an entire new chapter in the history of democratic thought. It certainly deserves to. (Dr David Graeber, Reader in Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London)

A sophisticated analysis of the alterglobalisation movement from the perspective of a well-connected insider. This volume represents an important contribution to a growing ethnographic literature on the 'new politics' that have arisen in tension with a neoliberal global world order. Particularly useful is the focus on the way power is constituted and organized in networks. Recommended. (C. J. MacKenzie, University of Lethbridge reviewing for Choice)

Reseña del editor:

Never before has the idea of democracy enjoyed the global dominance it holds today, but neoliberalism has left the practice of democracy in deep crisis.

Marianne Maeckelbergh argues that the most promising model for global democracy is not coming from traditional political parties or international institutions, but from the global networks of resistance to neoliberal economics, known collectively as the Alter-globalisation movement. Through extensive ethnography of decision-making practices within these movements, Maeckelbergh describes an alternative form of global democracy in the making.

Perfect for activists and students of political anthropology, this powerful and enlightening book offers radical changes.

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• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 074532925X
• ISBN 13: 9780745329253
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296