Question

Why movement become very important in modern democracies

Answer 1

Social movements are shaping modern democratic political life. The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ and related ‘Occupy’ movements are good examples. Propelled by a blog post in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the movements soon became a media sensation and later disseminated to other regional hubs. In the United States, many of the original protesters eventually supported Bernie Sanders’s 2016 surprisingly successful presidential bid.

The demand for alternative political spaces has crystalized in an ‘almost three-fold increase in citizen movements at the global level’, according to the book Political Parties and Citizen Movement in Asia and Europe. Various factors have contributed to the allure of these movements. On the one hand, membership in political parties has decreased and public dissatisfaction over political parties’ performance has increased. On the other hand, social movements have been particularly savvy to maximize the potential of new communication technologies to directly engage with their followers and put pressure on politicians.

Answer 2

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