Meeting democracy power and deliberation in global justice movements / edited by Donatella della Porta and Dieter Rucht..

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Power and democracy in social movements: an introduction; 1.1 The problem; 1.1.1 Our interest and approach; 1.1.2 Efforts and problems in controlling internal power; 1.2 The aim, questions and background of this book: participant observation and social movement studies; 1.3 Research design and methodological choices; 1.4 The structure of the book; References; 2 A methodology for studying democracy and power in group meetings; 2.1 The challenge for research; 2.2 Our starting point and practical restrictions.

2.3 Conceptual basis and research instruments2.3.1 Comparative participant observation; 2.3.2 Controversies and their context; 2.3.3 Central aspects of controversies; 2.4 Strengths and weaknesses of our approach; 2.5 Summary; References; 3 Types and patterns of intragroup controversies; 3.1 Deliberation and deliberative democracy: some theoretical considerations; 3.1.1 Defining the concept; 3.1.2 Deliberation in context; 3.2 Deliberative democracy in associations and social movements; 3.3 Researching communication in GJM groups; 3.3.1 The conceptual framework for analysing controversies.

3.3.2 Selected quantitative findings3.4 Conclusion; References; 4 Patterns of participation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Concepts and theories; 4.2 Individuals: who participates in social movement meetings?; 4.3 Group-level dynamics and movement participation; 4.4 Meetings: how do the features of meetings influence participation?; 4.5 Participation in agenda items; 4.6 The challenge of sustaining participation; 4.7 Conclusions; References; 5 Power and arguments in global justice movement settings; 5.1 Introduction: power, preferences and values; 5.2 Power over/in communication.

5.2.1 The power of excluding people5.2.2 The power of excluding preferences/values; 5.2.3 Hard power in communication; 5.3 Soft power: how many 'best' arguments?; 5.3.1 Closed preferences; 5.3.2 Open preferences; 5.4 Conclusions; References; 6 Emotions in movements; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Emotions and social movements; 6.3 Group emotional cultures; 6.4 Situational emotional cultures; 6.5 Conclusion; References; 7 Quality of deliberation: a multilevel analysis: a multilevel analysis; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Controversies and conflict handling in social movements; 7.3 Data and methods.

7.4 The presence of controversies during group discussions7.5 The deliberative quality of controversies; 7.6 Conclusion; References; 8 Structurelessness: an evil or an asset? A case study; 8.1 Debates about structurelessness; 8.2 Description of the group setting and its wider context; 8.3 Rules and patterns of interaction in the group; 8.3.1 Communication culture and self-regulation of the group; 8.3.2 Manifest problems and how they are dealt with in the group; 8.4 Discussion and conclusion; References; 9 Power and democracy: concluding remarks; 9.1 The characteristics of the selected groups.

9.2 Group atmosphere and cohesion.

An innovative study of the internal practices of deliberation and democratic decision-making in twelve Global Justice social movement groups.

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