Acknowledgements; 1. Where did the revolution go? The outcomes of democratization paths; 2. Cycles of protest and the consolidation of democracy; 3. 'How great that you exist…': shifting conceptions of democracy; 4. 'It was a tsunami': shifting emotions; 5. 'Like a house of cards': time intensity and mobilization; 6. Civil society organizations: decline or growth?; 7. A normalization of politics?; 8. Socioeconomic rights and transition paths; 9. The protest process in the Arab Spring; 10. Arab Spring: which democratic qualities in Egypt and Tunisia?; 11. Where did the revolution go? Some conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
This book analyzes long-term consequences of social movements in times of transition on the quality of democracy in ensuing regimes.
Donatella Della Porta is Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Institute for Humanities and the Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, where she also directs the Center on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos). Among her most recent publications are: Social Movements in Times of Austerity (2015), Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research (2014), Mobilizing for Democracy (2014), Can Democracy be Saved? (2013), Clandestine Political Violence (Cambridge, 2013) and the Blackwell Encyclopedia on Social and Political Movements (2013).
'This is a fascinating book exploring democratization processes
with an innovative approach: blending social movement studies with
the literatures on democratization and on revolutions. Rich in its
use of captivating oral history interviews with activists, it asks
the question [of] how movements' characteristics at the time of
transition might affect the qualities of the ensuing democracy, and
therefore the future dynamics of protest itself. A must-read for
scholars and activists alike.' Laszlo Bruszt, Scuola Normale
Superiore, Florence, and Central European University, Budapest
'Scholars have focused so much on the sources of democratization
that they sometimes forget to examine how waves of mobilization
end, and with what consequences. Drawing on the literatures on
social movements, democratization, and revolutions, della Porta's
sweeping new book identifies common dynamics in democratization
cycles. Drawing on a broad range of evidence ranging from Eastern
Europe to the Arab Spring, she shows that the forms and pathways of
mobilization influence the qualities of the ensuing regime. This is
a book that students of comparative democratization, social
movements, and revolutions cannot afford to miss.' Sidney Tarrow,
Cornell University
'Donatella della Porta's important new book persuasively shows how
the complex legacies of the revolutionary pathway to democracy
shape the nature of the new democracies that emerge through such
dynamics - generally in very positive ways. With a foundation in
broadly comparative research, the analysis identifies and
disentangles cognitive, emotional and relational consequences of
popular mobilizations in the context of regime change.' Robert M.
Fishman, Carlos III University, Madrid
'Brilliant and illuminating! This book is timely and highly
relevant indeed as our world rapidly transforms violently rather
than democratically. It speaks as much to academics striving to
bring together complex debates in the social sciences dealing with
political transformations and pathways to democracy as it speaks to
the activist. Donatella della Porta masters the art of critically
and productively engaging with social movement and transformation
literature alike and pushing for the intellectual limits of these.
At the same time, she gives much well-deserved space to the actors,
to those who brought the revolutions into life and still struggle
to understand where the revolution went. A must-read for democratic
revolutionaries, young and old.' Cilja Harders, Free University of
Berlin
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