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Power and Authority in Social Movements: A Political Philosophy of Prefigurative Politics
Journal Title: PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO 
Author/s: Luois Edgar Esparza 
Year:  2013 Issue: 2 Language: English 
Pages:  27 Pg. 40-66 FullText PDF:  330 KB
DOI:  10.3280/PACO2013-002003
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Sometimes, and unexpectedly, people having accepted the authority of others as legitimate stop doing it and start resist, in the sense they take action on their own behalf. By this way they initiate exhibiting power, denying civil disobedience as mere resistance and lack of political strenght.
Keywords: Power, Structure of Authority, Resistance, High-Risk Activism, Prefigurative Politics

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Luois Edgar Esparza, Power and Authority in Social Movements: A Political Philosophy of Prefigurative Politics in "PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO" 2/2013, pp. 40-66, DOI:10.3280/PACO2013-002003

   

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