Street-Level Democracy
Political Settings at the Margins of Global Power
Using colourful and detailed case material, Street-Level Democracy introduces a new method of researching everyday politics. It is a wide-ranging book that traces the conflicts between global power and local action. People in farming communities, town mosques, city markets, and fishing communities suffer the effects of wrenching change, but live far from the centres of power. From Britain and small-town USA to Nigeria, India, and Nicaragua, citizens everywhere grapple with the politics of everyday life.
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Praise
This is an important book for anyone interested in prospects for political mobilization in the context of globalizing capitalism.
– Socialist Studies Bulletin
For readers preoccupied with the survival of local democracy in the face of growing global power, this is a timely book.
– The Catholic Register
Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| Chapter 1 | Introduction: Integral Lives in a Fragmenting World Jonathan Barker |
| Part I | Public Action in Local Contexts:The Concept and Theory of Political Settings |
| Chapter 2 | Power Shift: Global Change and Local Action Jonathan Barker |
| Chapter 3 | Political Settings: An Approach to the Study of Popular Action Jonathan Barker |
| Part II | Political Settings in Local Communities |
| Chapter 4 | Empowerment from Above? Development Projects and Public Space in Northern Nigeria Kole Shettima |
| Chapter 5 | Sea Changes: Organizing around the Fisheryin a South Indian Community Aparna Sundar |
| Chapter 6 | Participation and Insecurity: Small Towns in Englandand the United States Jonathan Barker |
| Part III | Political Settings and Special Constituencies |
| Chapter 7 | Eating and Meeting in Owino: Market Vendors, City Government, and the World Bank in Kampala, Uganda Christie Gombay |
| Chapter 8 | Claiming Space for Women: Nicaragua during and after Revolution, 1977-94 Katherine Isbester |
| Chapter 9 | The Mosque as a Political Space in Pakistan Anne-Marie Cwikowski |
| Part IV | Lessons and Conclusions |
| Chapter 10 | Local Action and Global Power: Shifting the Balance Jonathan Barker |
| Appendix | Mapping Local Politics: Methods, Measures, and Morals Jonathan Barker |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Index |
