Democracy Works: Joining Theory and Action to Foster Global ChangeThroughout the world, from the United States to Tanzania, Chechnya, and Sri Lanka, people increasingly work together and take actions to improve their lives, end inequality, and change global society. Action groups and movements see dialogue and learning as important ways to extend democracy and, with their inclusiveness, remake society. By putting strategy with theory, local groups and movements are able to begin making changes in civil society and institutions that allow people to begin living in new ways. Written for activists, people, and students interested in change, this book takes readers on a journey of discovery as it shows how various groups have brought theory and action together to make urban, rural, and transnational change. The case studies and explanatory articles reveal how feminist, antiracist, ecological, and peace movements reinforce each other to initiate and achieve well-placed and enduring change. |
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The challenge was creating a condition whereby a group , with members that are heavily dependent on the collective to take decisions and do the thinking for them , is transformed into a membership that will take the responsibility of ...
The challenge was creating a condition whereby a group , with members that are heavily dependent on the collective to take decisions and do the thinking for them , is transformed into a membership that will take the responsibility of ...
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Our reading , however , is not about a narrow celebration of the individual over the collective . The individual and the collective are often seen as a binary opposition . On the contrary , we see this perceived opposition itself as ...
Our reading , however , is not about a narrow celebration of the individual over the collective . The individual and the collective are often seen as a binary opposition . On the contrary , we see this perceived opposition itself as ...
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The shared joys of learning are evident in collective community ac- tion . A commitment to building diverse and shared multicultural learning rests at the core of power social - change groups . When the cycles of praxis involve deep ...
The shared joys of learning are evident in collective community ac- tion . A commitment to building diverse and shared multicultural learning rests at the core of power social - change groups . When the cycles of praxis involve deep ...
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| Վերնագիր | Democracy Works: Joining Theory and Action to Foster Global Change |
| Authors | Torry D. Dickinson, Terrie A. Becerra |
| Editors | Torry D. Dickinson, Terrie A. Becerra, Summer B. C. Lewis |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Հրատարակիչ | Paradigm, 2008 |
| Original from | Միչիգանի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 14 Հոկտեմբեր 2008 |
| ISBN | 1594516022, 9781594516023 |
| Length | 268 էջ |
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