Books in the Routledge Advances in Democratic Theory series

In Populism and Passions, twleve scholars engage with discourse analysis, democratic theory, and post structural political thought to study the political logic of passion for contemporary populism.

Reclaiming Democracy argues that the managerial approach to solving curent political crises violates `a right to politics¿, that is, a right that our collective life be guided by genuine politics: by discussion of and decision among alternative principles and policies. The contributors to this volume are united in their commitment to explore how and where this right can be affirmed in a way that resuscitates democracy in the wake of the crisis.

Reclaiming Democracy argues that the managerial approach to solving curent political crises violates `a right to politics¿, that is, a right that our collective life be guided by genuine politics: by discussion of and decision among alternative principles and policies. The contributors to this volume are united in their commitment to explore how and where this right can be affirmed in a way that resuscitates democracy in the wake of the crisis.

Tamar Groves and Inbal Ofer explore the effects of social movements' activism on the changing practices and conceptions of citizenship. Presenting empirically rich case studies from the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Europe, leading experts analyze the ways in which the shifting balance of power between nation-state, economy and civil society over the past half century affected social movements in their choice of addressees and repertoires of action.

Presenting empirically rich case studies, leading experts analyze the ways in which the shifting balance of power between nation-state, economy and civil society over the past half century affected social movements in their choice of addressees and repertoires of action.

Using radical theories of democracy, Eklundh constructs an analytical framework based on concept of visceral ties, seeing emotions and affect as constitutive of any collective identity. She later demonstrates empirically, using both ethnographic method and social media analysis, how the movement Indignados has stronger visceral ties than Podemos.

In Populism and Passions, twleve scholars engage with discourse analysis, democratic theory, and post structural political thought to study the political logic of passion for contemporary populism.