Global Democracy, Social Movements, and

This book examines the relationship between social movements and democracy in social and political thought in the context of debates about the impact of globalization and in the light of feminist efforts to democratize the polity and the feminist movement itself.

Catherine Eschle completed a doctorate in social and political thought at the University of Sussex. She is currently tutoring courses in international relations, and politics and social science for the University of Sussex and the Open University.

List of Tables

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Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction

1

(16)

Modernity, Social Movements, and Democracy

17

(36)

Introduction

17

(1)

Epochal Change (1)

18

(6)

Liberalism, Individualism, and Civil Society

24

(8)

Marxism, Historical Materialism, and Class Struggle

32

(5)

Republicanism, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere

37

(5)

Anarchism, Power, and Movement

42

(6)

Conclusion

48

(5)

New Times, New Social Movements, New Democracy

53

(32)

Introduction

53

(1)

Epochal Change (2)

54

(7)

Associations, States, and Markets

61

(3)

Radicalizing Civil Society

64

(4)

Radical Democracy and Hegemony

68

(4)

A Postmodern Politics of Difference

72

(4)

Conclusion

76

(9)

Constructing a Woman-Friendly Polity

85

(32)

Introduction

85

(1)

Gendered Exclusions and Feminist Explanations

86

(11)

Feminist Reconstructions of the Policy

97

(5)

Democratic Limitations

102

(9)

Conclusion

111

(6)

Reconstructing the Feminist Movement

117

(28)

Introduction

117

(1)

Democratizing the Feminist Movement

118

(5)

Black and Third World Feminist Interventions

123

(5)

Democratic Innovations (1)

128

(11)

Conclusion

139

(6)

Globalizing Democracy, Globalizing Movements

145

(40)

Introduction

145

(1)

Epochal Change (3)

146

(12)

Modernizing Liberal Cosmopolitanism

158

(5)

Demarchy on a Global Scale

163

(3)

Marxism and the Globalization of Class Struggle

166

(4)

Globalizing Radical Civil Society

170

(4)

A Postmodern Politics of Connection

174

(3)

Conclusion

177

(8)

Reconstructing Global Feminism, Engendering Global Democracy

185

(38)

Introduction

185

(1)

Gendering Epochal Change

186

(10)

Reconstructing the Polity in an Era of Globalization

196

(4)

Reconstructing Global Feminism

200

(4)

Democratic Innovations (2)

204

(13)

Conclusion

217

(6)

Conclusion

223

(14)

References

237

(32)

Index

269

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