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Rethinking the Globalization Movement: Toward a Cultural Theory of Contemporary Democracy and Communication

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: How can we understand and evaluate the relationship between democracy and recent global protests in response to economic globalization? Criticisms of this type of activism understand democratic communication to be primarily a public process. I argue that instead, we need to develop a more fully cultural understanding of democracy and communication, one which would take into account important characteristics of contemporary democratic practice and experience. That is, as a resonant but unstable compound of meanings, democracy is integrated into individual subjectivities and collective identities through a whole variety of lived experiences, particularly in relation to mediated and symbolic practice.

Source: Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

DOI: 10.1080/14791420500198555

Author: Kirsty Best

Institution: University of Ottawa

Language: English

Topic: Political Theory and Democracy

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2005644848

FWCI: 11.32

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Cited by: 30

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