Cómo las protestas están redefiniendo la democracia en todo el mundo
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Zachariah Mampilly |
TEDGlobal 2017
• August 2017
El proceso democrático es desordenado, complicado y en ocasiones ineficiente. Sin embargo, en toda África, los activistas están redefiniendo la democracia al poner a las protestas en su centro. En una charla reveladora, el politólogo Zachariah Mampilly nos hace una introducción a la ola de protestas que están remodelando países como Túnez, Malawi y Zimbabue; y explica cómo esta forma de disensión política expande nuestras imaginaciones políticas más allá de lo que nos dicen que es posible.
El proceso democrático es desordenado, complicado y en ocasiones ineficiente. Sin embargo, en toda África, los activistas están redefiniendo la democracia al poner a las protestas en su centro. En una charla reveladora, el politólogo Zachariah Mampilly nos hace una introducción a la ola de protestas que están remodelando países como Túnez, Malawi y Zimbabue; y explica cómo esta forma de disensión política expande nuestras imaginaciones políticas más allá de lo que nos dicen que es posible.
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Zachariah Mampilly is an expert on the politics of both violent and non-violent resistance.
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