Mark Purcell

Gebundenes Buch

The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy

Beschreibung

Arguing that the hegemony of the neoliberal/capitalist nexus mustbe challenged if we are to address the proliferating challengesfacing our world, this inspiring book explains how democracy canrevive the political fortunes of the left.
* Explores issues central to the civil uprisings that swept theworld in 2011, drawing profound connections between democracy andneoliberalism in an urban context
* Features in-depth analysis of key political theorists such asGramsci; Lefebvre; Rancière; Deleuze and Guattari; and Hardtand Negri
* Advocates the reframing of democracy as a personal andcollective struggle to discover the best in ourselves andothers
* Includes empirical analysis of recent instances of collectiveaction

Autor

Mark Purcell is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Design & Planning at the University of Washington, USA, where he researches urban politics, political theory, social movements, and democracy. He is the author of Recapturing Democracy (2008) and numerous articles in journals including International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Urban Geography, Environment and Planning, Antipode, Urban Studies, Political Geography, Review of International Political Economy, and Planning Theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 159mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781444349979
• ISBN-10: 144434997X
• Artikelnr.: 37245980

Rezensionen

"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-divisionundergraduate and graduate collections." (Choice, 1 December 2013)

". . .DDDD is a great start toward an examination ofdemocratic possibilities. Purcell's point is that people arefinding their democratic strength in the world; people are claimingtheir own power with others in interesting ways. We can see thesepractices if we look with interest and cultivate them if we givethem space. Actual practices of democratic, anarchic self-discoveryare happening everywhere. When we recognize them we can (andshould) give them space and help them grow." (Antipode , 1 October 2013)

'This is an exceptional book. It is dense, closelyreasoned, scholarly, indispensable as a reference, yet

impassionedand oriented to practical political activity. It traces the historyof democracy, its evolution in philosophy and in practice, andviews democracy as a never-ending process, building on what exists,ever moving to what could be. It is a provocation both to thoughtand to action, aimed both at educators and Occupyactivists.'--Peter Marcuse, Professor Emeritus ofUrban Planning, Columbia University

'Mark Purcell criticizes neoliberals and neo-Keynsiansalike as supporting oligarchy. He establishes democracy as atranscendent goal--but one that is a process always in a stateof becoming, not an end point. Whether or not one agrees with himon the supremacy of democracy above all other ends, his views arechallenging and enlightening.'--Susan S.Fainstein, Harvard University Graduate School of Design,USA