Made-to-Measure Future(s) for Democracy?: Views from the Basque Atalaia (Contributions to Political Science) - Softcover

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Julen Zabalo is a Doctor of Political Geography and a professor at the University of the Basque Country’s Sociology and Social work department. His research focuses on identity, citizenship Basque nationalism and social movements.

Igor Filibi is Professor of International Relations at Department of Public Law, Historical-Legal Sciences and Political Thought at the University of the Basque Country. His research interests include European integration; nationalism and national conflicts; globalization, democracy and state transformation.

Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio is Full Professor of Constitutional Law at the Department of Public Law, Historical-Legal Sciences and of Political Though of the University of the Basque Country. She is a Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Biological Sciences. Her research interests include multilevel governance and EU law; Bioethics and Biolaw; identity and data protection; agri-food biotechnologies; Bioeconomy. 

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This open access volume analyses the development of democracy at different levels of governance (from local to global). The Basque search for an institutional and democratic model that adapts to its social needs and solves its problems offers an interesting perspective for analyzing the way in which democracy is seeking new forms of materialization from the local to the global. The volume is divided into four parts.

The chapters in Part I analyze the tensions between the neoliberal vision of democracy and the voices contesting it, with projections at different levels of government. The chapters in Part II focus on the emerging framework and scales of Western democracy. The chapters in Part III present new forms of citizen participation, paying special - though not exclusive - attention to new practical strategies for Basque society. The volume concludes with a block of chapters on the relevance of reviewing the methodological and epistemological frameworks from which knowledgeabout democracy and mechanisms of citizen participation is generated (Part IV). By delving deeper into the idea and practice of democratic governance, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students from all disciplines of politics, international relations, sociology and law.