Video in Portuguese (subtitles in English) Apresentação da Universidade Popular dos Movimentos Sociais (UPMS)...
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Democratizing democracy
Representative democracy is nowadays the most spread and legitimated political system in the world. In the last decades a wide consensus was created about representative democracy (free elections, universal suffrage, freedom of thought, etc.) as the best and most perfect form of government, this ideological vision becoming an almost absolute and unquestionable value. This thematic area includes the study of alternative forms of democracy, in which voting is neither the beginning nor the final goal of democracy: participative, deliberative and communitarian forms enacted both at local and national levels that directly interpellate representative democracy. The aim of the thematic area is to reveal the democratic diversity of the world, and explore the potential of these participative and deliberative experiences in the creation of new and more demanding forms of political articulation and decision.
Below, some contributions to expand the discussion.
Projects
Is Big Data Shaping Democracy? A Critical Perspective.Rationalities of Alternative Democratic Relations: Proveniences from Bolivian Indigenous DemocraciesExtreme Events, Catastrophes and The Racialisation of The Exploited: The Real Nature of The StateGandhian Democratisation: An Account Against Political ColonisationBeyond The Polls: Political Languages and Practices ff The 15m MovementOther contributions
Please find Boaventura's article in the new issue of Global Dialogue: "Continue...
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March, 6th, 2015, 7 pm, Almedina Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Bookstore The book was presented by two CES post-graduation students: Erick Morris and Patrik Mariamo. Video in Portuguese Book Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZTFxLdTYrA Video in Portuguese ...
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