Social Movements and Democracy in the 21st Century

1. Introduction: Confronting the Crisis of Democracy
Dylan Taylor

Part I. Situating Contestation

2. The Arc of Contention
Dylan Taylor

3. Rethinking Social Movements
Dylan Taylor

4. The Dynamics of Capital
Dylan Taylor

5. Reconceptualising Political Strategy
Dylan Taylor

Part II. Contesting the Twenty-First Century: An Analysis of Occupy

6. Occupy, Democracy, and Enduring Change
Dylan Taylor

7. The Subject of Change
Dylan Taylor

8. Locating Effective Resistance
Dylan Taylor

Part III. Claiming the Twenty-First Century

9. Reconceptualising Effective Action
Dylan Taylor

10. Conclusion: Overcoming the Crisis of Democracy
Dylan Taylor

Keywords: Social Sciences, Political Sociology, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Political Communication