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Social Movements and Symbolic Power - Radicalism, Reform and the Trial of Democracy in France (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
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Social Movements and Symbolic Power - Radicalism, Reform and the Trial of Democracy in France (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
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The important theories of Pierre Bourdieu and Alain Touraine,
discussed in this book, seek to explain and resolve the "crisis of
democracy." They start from a critique of structural inequality in
political, economic and social fields - so much in contrast to
democratic principles. But their theoretical perspectives and
social conclusions diverge. Bourdieu insists on the radical
overthrow of dominant institutions and their control of knowledge
("symbolic power"). Touraine advocates reformist cooperation as
well as contestation between social movements and political
institutions. Their different approaches provide compelling
insights into the "democratic deficit" of modern society, that is,
inability to overcome the widespread discrimination affecting
women, the weaknesses of the environmental movement, persisting
educational inequalities and the precarious nature of work in a
global economy.
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