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Assemblies are ancestral, transcultural ways of coming together as a community. Over the past decades, multiple social movements have reappropriated these forms of collective organisation as a prominent component of political struggle, to defend radical visions of democracy. Bringing together accounts written by those who practice assemblies, and contributions from artists, activists, historians, philosophers, and social scientists, as well as three architectural experiments that attempt to imagine models for a future assembly, the book proposes a critical inquiry into the potential of assemblies to shape political subjects. From assemblies in Indigenous territories of Brazil to those of the Yellow Vests in France, from medieval communes to street parliaments in Africa, What Makes An Assembly? examines the tensions that exist in all assemblies between the need for form and the danger of formalization; between the scripts, rituals, and architectural settings from which they derive, and their capacity to erupt and emerge anew.

Jeanierre, Laurent ; Roussel, Lucas --- Political sociology --- meetings --- democracies --- social movements --- Political participation --- Social movements --- Participation politique --- Mouvements sociaux --- Mouvements sociaux. --- Participation politique. --- Political participation. --- Social movements. --- social movements.

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Analyses of the developments in Islamic beliefs, political activism, society and law since the 1970s.

Islam --- Arab states --- Netherlands --- Europe --- Asia --- Africa --- Islam and civil society. --- Islam and justice. --- Human rights --- Democratization. --- 89.62 political movements. --- Islam. --- Democratisering. --- Activisme. --- Politieke bewegingen. --- Religious aspects --- Migranten 325.11 --- Nederland (492) --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Justice and Islam --- Justice --- Civil society and Islam --- Civil society

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This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when citizens can threaten social disorder and revolution. In response, when the costs of repression are sufficiently high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentive to overthrow it. These processes depend on (1) the strength of civil society, (2) the structure of political institutions, (3) the nature of political and economic crises, (4) the level of economic inequality, (5) the structure of the economy, and (6) the form and extent of globalization.

Democracy --- Democratization --- Equality --- Political culture --- Dictatorship --- Comparative government --- Economic aspects --- 321.6 --- Niet-democratische staatsvormen. Antidemokratie. Dictatuur. Totalitarisme--(politieke stelsels) --- 321.6 Niet-democratische staatsvormen. Antidemokratie. Dictatuur. Totalitarisme--(politieke stelsels) --- #SBIB:17H3 --- #SBIB:324H20 --- #SBIB:324H71 --- 321.60 --- AA / International- internationaal --- 321.7 --- 338 <09> --- 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis --- Economische geschiedenis --- 321.7 Democratie. Plurale samenleving. Pluralisme. Democratische pluraliteit--(moderne democratie politieke stelsels) --- Democratie. Plurale samenleving. Pluralisme. Democratische pluraliteit--(moderne democratie politieke stelsels) --- Culture --- Political science --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Sociology --- Liberty --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- New democracies --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Politieke wijsbegeerte --- Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) --- Politieke verandering: modernisatie, democratisering, regional development --- Regeringsstelsels en -methodes: algemeenheden --- Economic order --- International economic relations --- Political systems --- Comparative government. --- Democratization. --- Dictatorship. --- Equality. --- Political culture. --- Economic aspects. --- Démocratie --- Démocratisation --- Egalité (Sociologie) --- Culture politique --- Dictature --- Institutions politiques comparées --- Aspect économique --- 321 --- 330.342 --- 339.9 --- Politieke systemen --- Economische orde --- Internationale economische betrekkingen --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- Democracy - Economic aspects