Political theory in the square: Protest, representation and subjectification

Contemporary Political Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-184

  Prentoulis, Marina ^a   Thomassen, Lasse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Democratic theory; Hegemony; Protest movements; Ranci re; representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881539898     PISSN: 14708914     EISSN: 14769336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cpt.2012.26     Document Type: Article

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