When we participate in political debate or protests, we are judged by how we look, which
clothes we wear, by our skin colour, gender and body language. This results in exclusions …

Stymied by preoccupation with short-term interests of individualist consumers, democratic
institutions seem unable to generate sustained political commitment for tackling climate …

Radical democratic theory conceptualizes public visibility as empowering. In particular,
feminist democratic theorists propose a politics of presence through identity politics …

A recurring feature of green movements is their emphasis on democracy, but what do greens
mean exactly when they contemplate democracy? In this chapter, I delineate a green …

Democratic theory, especially deliberative democracy, centrally focuses on verbal
communication. In contrast, social movements, especially those fighting against oppression …

Contemporary protests draw on a rich variety of performances to communicate their
messages, attract attention to societal problems and display potential solutions. In addition …

Hunger striking is a form of protest that escapes conventional forms of political participation. I
argue that as a spectacular performance of death, the hunger strike not only draws attention …

Hunger strikes are commonly repressed in prison and seen as disruptive, coercive, and
violent. Hunger strikers and their advocates insist that incarcerated persons have a right to …

Jacques Rancière's discussion of disidentification provides an important account of how
existing inegalitarian structures and hierarchically ordered identities may be challenged …

This article contributes to the growing literature around the idea of a politics of becoming by
emphasizing its deconstructive dimension. It advances the notion of “detachment,” which …