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Mobilising the State? Social Mobilisation and State Interaction in India, Brazil and South Africa

Published on 6 June 2011

The ways in which citizen mobilisations and state actions interact are an underexplored area. This paper considers these so-called ‘modes of interaction’ to explore how democratic practices can reduce the gap between the formal equality granted citizens in representative democracies and the reality of extreme inequality in the global South.

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IDS
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Mohanty, R. Thompson, R. and Vera Schattan Coelho
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IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper, issue 359

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