Geography
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The term "post-politics" captures the paradox of contemporary democracy; that a system designed to enable popular social movements access to power has, in fact, closed down that very possibility. We are left with a system, as Caruso [2015] demonstrates, whereby elites manufacture a seemingly "open" democratic process only to assert their control over political institutions when necessary. The challenge for today's social movements is therefore how to navigate a political system that is, at its core, illegitimate. Do they circumvent or ignore post-political regimes? Or do they attempt to re-engage with the democratic state to rediscover its very purpose: To enact a society based on equality? It appears the latter choice is now being selected across Europe.
Publication Title
Sociologica
Publication Date
2015
Volume
9
Issue
3
ISSN
1971-8853
DOI
10.2383/82473
Keywords
cities., political opportunity structure, politics, post-democracy, Rancière
Repository Citation
Davidson, Mark, "Comment on Loris Caruso/2: Inaudible politics and the crisis of democracy" (2015). Geography. 106.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/106