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This important book asks where should power and governance lie in our democracy? Simon Parker, a leading expert on public services and government, claims the answer is to give power away. He offers policy recommendations and practical ideas for creating a new kind of politics focused on unleashing society's creative potential.

Political sociology --- United Kingdom --- Political participation --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- Political participation - Great Britain --- Great Britain - Politics and government - 21st century --- Power (Social sciences) --- Decentralization in government --- Grande-Bretagne --- Politique et gouvernement. --- Politics and government. --- Representative government and representation

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Political participation --- Social classes --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- -Social classes --- -Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Social status --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- Social stratification --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- England --- Politics and government. --- -Great Britain --- Political participation - Great Britain --- Social classes - Great Britain --- Great Britain - Politics and government

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This book investigates whether the presence of Muslim representatives in city councils improves substantive representation of Muslim interests across 32 London boroughs. It theorizes that descriptive representation of minorities leads to improved responsiveness to minority interests contingent on the percentage of minority representatives, the proportion of minorities in the district, level of party fragmentation among minority representatives, their political incorporation, and the electoral competitiveness of the district. It uses multivariate regression analysis to test the effects of these five explanatory variables. It validates the quantitative findings with case studies of three London boroughs while also investigating the role of representational styles of Muslim councillors on their political attitudes and behavior.

Local government --- City council members --- Muslims --- Minorities --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam --- Aldermen --- City councillors --- City councilmen --- Council members, City --- Councillors, City --- Councilmen, City --- Municipal officials and employees --- Political activity --- Politics and government. --- Political participation --- Representative government and representation --- Politics and government --- Great Britain --- Political aspects --- Political aspects. --- Local government - Great Britain --- City council members - Great Britain --- Muslims - Political activity - Great Britain --- Muslims - Great Britain - Politics and government --- Minorities - Political activity - Great Britain --- Political participation - Great Britain --- Representative government and representation - Great Britain --- Great Britain - Race relations - Political aspects --- Great Britain - Ethnic relations - Political aspects

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The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against Neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved in more than two decades of resistance and can any of these achievements realistically contribute to an alternative development future? Through a perfect balance of grassroots testimonies, participative observation and consideration of key development and critical political economy debates, Land and Freedom compares, for the first time, the Zapatista and MST movements. Casting a spotlight on their resistance to globalising market forces Vergara-Camus gets to the heart of how these movements organise themselves and how the decommodification of social relations is key to understanding their radical development potential. -- Provided by publisher.

Communist International -- History. --- Neoliberalism. --- Political participation -- Great Britain. --- Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (Brazil) --- Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico) --- Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra. --- Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional. --- Latin America. --- Lateinamerika. --- Organisation der Zapatistischen Bewegung in Chiapas, Mexiko --- EZLN --- Zapatistische Nationale Befreiungsarmee --- Zapatisten --- Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional --- Zapatistische Armee der Nationalen Befreiung --- Armée Zapatiste de Libération Nationale --- Zapatista National Liberation Army --- Guerilla --- Mexiko --- Setor de Educação do MST --- Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra --- Landless Rural Workers Movement (Brazil) --- Landless Workers Movement (Brazil) --- Mouvement des sans terre du Brésil --- Mouvement des sans terres (Brazil) --- Movimento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra (Brazil) --- Movimento dos sem Terra (Brazil) --- Movimento sem Terra (Brazil) --- Movimiento de los sin Tierra (Brazil) --- Movimiento sin Tierra (Brazil) --- MST --- Movimento dos Trabalhadores sem Terra (Brazil) --- Armée zapatiste de libération nationale (Mexico) --- Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Mexico) --- Zapatista National Liberation Army (Mexico) --- Zapatistas --- Iberoamerika --- Lateinamerikaner --- Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio countries --- Neotropical region --- Neotropics --- New World tropics --- Spanish America --- Social movements --- Development studies