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Introduction:
1) - Global sociopolitical arrangements are undergoing a process of
fusion through the participation of ordinary citizens as
elementary political actors. Evidence:
1-Rise of participatory moods and ideologies exercise
democratic rights in a variety of ways (unconventional)
2-The increased use of noninstituional or nonconventional
forms of political participation protests, demonstrations,
unofficial strikes
3-Political demands on issues that used to be considered
moral or economicabortion, humanization of work
2) - Institutional channels of communication between the citizens
and the state being used more often and for a greater range of
issues Adequacy of official framework for political
communication is being challenged.
3) - Public policies exert more direct visible impact on citizens
Citizens gain more control over elites by means seen as
incompatible with institutional order of polity.
4) Neoconservative Project A restrictive redefinition of what
can and should be considered political.
5) -This approach increasingly relies on infringing the autonomy
and authority of nonpolitical institutional spheresIncreasing
dependence on political support and regulation.
6) Neoconservatives want a restoration of uncontestable
economic, moral, and cognitive standards Contradictions of
modern industrial society can no longer be meaningfully
resolved through etatism, political regulation, and more agenda
of bureaucratic authorities.
7) - New Politics: Movements that seek to politicize civil society in
ways that are not considered by representative bureaucratic
political institutionsIn this way reconstitute a civil society
independent from increasing control and intervention.
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