Contemporary Social Movements and Radical Democracy: Insights from the Global South
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Radical democracy and social movements have an intricate relationship as the former is often expected to inform, inspire, and guide the latter to challenge oppressive social orders and power structures – yet, not always successfully. This article offers an analysis of contemporary social movements in Colombia and Turkey to show the limits and potential of radical democracy to reimagine new expressions of citizenship and non-capitalist alternatives. It argues that there is a mismatch between various conceptualizations of radical democracy and the ways it has been articulated and practiced by anti-austerity and pro-democracy movements of the twenty-first century. We propose that radical democracy should be rethought in light of novel forms of political activism and visions emerging from the social movements of the Global South in response to the failures of liberal democracy.
Source: New Global Studies
Authors: Camilo Tamayo Gomez, Kaan Ağartan
Institutions: University of Huddersfield, Framingham State University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: British Academy
Award: G2005633472
OpenAlex ID: W4413304329