Democratizing Democracy by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Ana Ma... - 9781844671472

Democratizing DemocracyBeyond the Liberal Democratic Canon\nAuthor(s): Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Ana Maria Jaramillo, Conceicao Osorio, D L Sheth, Emir Sader, Francisco Gutierrez Sanin, Leonardo Avritzer, Maria Clemencia Ramirez, Maria Jose Arthur, Maria Teresa Uribe de H\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Verso Books, United Kingdom\nImprint: Verso Books\nISBN-13: 9781844671472, 978-1844671472\nSynopsis\nThe 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. \nThe 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.\nIn thiscollection of reports from the Global South.