Claim-Making in Comparative Perspective: Everyday Citizenship Practice and Its Consequences

by Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Whitney Taylor, Janice Gallagher

Claim-making - the everyday strategies through which citizens pursue rights fulfilment - is often overlooked in studies of political behavior, which tend to focus on highly visible, pivotal moments: elections, mass protests, high court decisions, legislative decisions. But what of the politics of the everyday? This Element takes up this question, drawing together research from Colombia, South Africa, India, and Mexico. The authors argue that claim-making...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009517813
• ISBN13: 9781009517812
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"