By Mark Purcell

ISBN-10: 144434997X

ISBN-13: 9781444349979

ISBN-10: 1444349988

ISBN-13: 9781444349986

Arguing that the hegemony of the neoliberal/capitalist nexus needs to be challenged if we're to deal with the proliferating demanding situations dealing with our international, this inspiring booklet explains how democracy can revive the political fortunes of the left.

  • Explores concerns valuable to the civil uprisings that swept the realm in 2011, drawing profound connections among democracy and neoliberalism in an city context
  • Features in-depth research of key political theorists comparable to Gramsci; Lefebvre; Rancière; Deleuze and Guattari; and Hardt and Negri
  • Advocates the reframing of democracy as a private and collective fight to find the simplest in ourselves and others
  • Includes empirical research of modern circumstances of collective action

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