Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

Democracy and Social Movements: A Critical Review on the Book Can Democracy Be Saved? Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements

Document Type : Research

Authors

Behnam Joodi 1
Mohammad Yeganeh 2

1 PhD in Political Science, Political Thought, Department of Political Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Faculty Member of Payam-e Noor University, Lorestan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.34426.2101
Abstract
This article reviews the book Can Democracy Be Saved? Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements Written by Donatella Della Porta. Della Porta’s main question in this book is, "Can democracy be saved?” And his response is to “going beyond its liberal model, broadening reflection on participation and deliberation inside and outside institutions" through social movements. Della Porta's book is two books in one. The first part of the book deals with the normative discussion of the evolution of the concept of democracy from liberal to deliberative in the last two centuries. The second part is the practice of democracy by social movements in the contemporary world in light of the evolution of the Internet and social networks, which seeks to move from representative democracy to direct democracy. This book is a discussion of the New Left and radical democracy, which seeks to transition from representative democracy to deliberative democracy through social movements. Contemporary social movements, according to Della Porta, are no longer labor movements, unlike in the past, but include a wide range of people and have a high capacity for mobilization using new communication media.

Keywords

Representative Democracy
Deliberative Democracy
Social Movements
Internet
Social Media

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 17 April 2021
  • Revise Date 04 July 2021
  • Accept Date 31 July 2021

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