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Grass-roots democracy and participation : a new analytical and practical approach
Democracy ; Participation ; Social theory ; Society
The paper offers an account of a francophone theoretical perspective on the analysis of social relations and its application to the study of grass-roots democracy in contemporary democratic society. Traditional representative and participatory
conceptualisations of democracy, and the recent attempts of communitarism, radical democracy, and associational theory to reformulate partcipatory perspectives are critically reviewed.

Hong Kong : edging towards local democracy

Renewed authoritarianism in Southeast Asia : undermining democracy through neoliberal reform
Asia ; Democracy ; Economic reform ; Neo liberalism ; Policy ; South-Eastern Asia ; Violence
Processes of intensive neoliberalisation in the region have now been ongoing for over a dacade, yet attempts at democratic consolidation have been tenuous, fragile and incomplete at best, calling into question the supposed nexus betwwen democracy

Power-sharing and consociational democracy in South Tyrol
Conflict ; Democracy ; Electoral behaviour ; Ethnic community ; Ethnic group ; Italy ; Organization ; Political geography ; Political party ; Population ; Tirol ; Trentino-Alto Adige
Consociational democracy is often proposed as a non-territorial strategy to accomodate tensions between ethnic groups in the framework of a democratic regime. This multi-ethnic province (Alto Adige) is presented as an example of a regional ethnic
with the principle features of a consociational democracy.

Living in actually existing democraties

Bolivia ; Brazil ; Chile ; Civil society ; Conflict ; Democracy ; Elite ; Ethnic minority ; Gender ; Mexico ; Political geography ; Political party ; Political regime ; Poverty ; Social geography ; State
Les AA. étudient la construction de la citoyenneté dans les pays suivants : en Bolivie, au Mexique, au Brésil et au Chili. On trouvera les articles suivants : 1 - Bolivie : El difícil parto de otra democracie. La Asemblea Constituyente de Bolivia
; Mire, la democracia boliviana, en los hechos... ; The struggle to create a radical democracy. 2 - Méxique : The elusive democracy : political parties, democratic institutions, and civil society ; Gendering transition to democracy in Mexico, La
construcción de ciudadanías postliberales : los reclamos de autonomía municipal y demandas indígenas en México. 3 - Brésil : Living in a democracy : participation and its impact on the living conditions of the poor ; The landless rural workers movement
and democracy in Brazil ; Brazilian democracy as a late boomer : reevaluating the regime in the Cardoso-Lula era. 4 - : El Chile de Michelle Bachelet ¿ Généro en el poder ? ; El Chile por la participación en la democracia elitista chilena ; Living in actually
existing democracies : democracy to the extent possible in Chile.

Democracy, decentralization and state power: on the politics of the regional in Chile and Bolivia
Bolivia ; Chile ; Decentralization ; Democracy ; Region ; Regional policy ; Regionalization ; Territorial strategy

A survey of democracy in Russia's regions

A survey of democracy in Russia's regions
Democracy ; Economic reform ; Enquiry ; Policy ; Region ; Regional disparities ; Regional policy ; Russia

The resilience of South African cities a decade after local democracy
Adaptation ; Concept ; Democracy ; Gauteng ; Global change ; Governance ; Large city ; Resilience ; South Africa ; Urbanization
The A. examines the resilience of South African cities a decade after local democracy. Evidence shows that the responses of city authorities to globalisation, urbanisation, and democracy have been circumscribed. Continuity and incremental change

Rethinking electoral geography : spaces and practices of democracy in Nicaragua
Democracy ; Election ; Electoral geography ; Nicaragua ; Political geography ; Power

Broadcasting the rainbow nation : media, democracy, and nation-building in South Africa
Audiovisual ; Communication ; Cultural studies ; Democracy ; Nation ; Society ; South Africa

Changing local and regional government : issues of democracy, integrality and hierarchies
Administration ; Czechoslovakia ; Decentralization ; Democracy ; Policy ; Regional planning

Democracy and environment : congruenciesand contradictions in southern Africa
Africa ; Cultural studies ; Democracy ; Democratization ; Environment ; Participation ; Policy ; Resource management ; Southern Africa

Spaces of democracy : remapping the apartheid city
Cultural studies ; Democracy ; Ethnic community ; Local policy ; Segregation ; South Africa ; Territorial identity ; Urban area ; Urban policy

The democracy-development tension in dam projects. The long hand of the law
Administration ; Capitalism ; Colonialism ; Conflict ; Democracy ; Development ; Hydraulic works ; India ; Karnataka ; Legislation ; State ; Water management ; Watershed

Burma file. A question of democracy

Burma file. A question of democracy
Army ; Burma ; Democracy ; Development ; Guerilla ; International relations ; Policy ; Trade

Latin American Democracy. What to Do with the Leaders?
Argentina ; Buenos Aires ; Civil society ; Clientelism ; Democracy ; Ecuador ; Montevideo ; Political geography ; Political party ; Quito ; Uruguay ; institutionalisation ; leaders ; political parties
, clientelism and populism have re-emerged strengthened after deep political crises. This article offers some ideas regarding the impact that different types of political leaders can have on how well democracy works.

Bringing democracy back home : community localism and the domestication of political space
Decentralization ; Democracy ; Empowerment ; England ; Localism ; Organization ; Political geography ; Power ; Social geography ; Social housing ; United Kingdom
This paper identifies four spatial practices through which marginalised communities in England apply the technology of localism to challenge the limitations of their positioning and imprint promises of empowerment and democracy on space. Drawing

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