Zachariah Mampilly: How protest is redefining democracy around the world
Захарія Мампілі: Як протести змінюють зміст поняття демократії у всьому світі
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by the democratic process.
демократичні процеси.
from their daily challenges
життєвих проблем,
are redefining democracy
відроджують демократію
and academic experts
і науковці
multiparty electoral competition.
міжпартійним виборчим змаганням.
about elites competing at the ballot box.
еліти на виборах.
у наше щоденне життя.
engage in every day.
about democratic action.
у нас виникають.
is no longer adequate
вже не варіант,
to give it a renewed meaning.
щоб вона набула нового сенсу.
are increasingly taking to the streets
все більше говорять
have often been at the forefront
завжди сприяв
to those of who think
тих, хто вважає,
Africans engage in politics
залучення африканців до політики
are taking to the streets
переважно говорить
nonviolent action.
боротьби.
talking to African activists,
з африканськими активістами,
type of regime known to humanity.
the president from stealing a third term.
посісти крісло втретє.
against entrenched monarchies:
закоренілих монархій:
where this image was taken,
звідки пішла ця тенденція,
the conditions for ordinary people.
життя звичайних людей.
protest is not exceptional,
протест – це не виняткова,
to challenge both dictators
проти диктаторів так само,
democracy itself,
самої демократії,
major waves of African protest,
головних протестів у Африці,
through the third,
третю,
in the 1940s and 1950s
1950-х роках,
a broad coalition in Ghana
for nonviolent movements globally.
для всього світу.
in the 1980s and 1990s
1980-х -1990-х років
that imposed harsh conditions
кабальні умови
of autocratic regimes
across the continent.
по всьому континенту.
the shortcomings of the earlier two.
недоліки попередників.
liberation but not democracy,
а не демократію,
but only for the elites,
еліти,
with transforming democracy
like Y'en a Marre in Senegal,
[фр."досить, набридло"] в Сенегалі,
в Буркіна Фасо,
in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
conventional nongovernmental organizations
організацій
and political system itself,
і політики,
like LUCHA's Fred Bauma
як Фред Баума з LUCHA,
from the international community.
коментарів.
from some of the data we collected.
інформації, яку ми маємо.
you'll recognize that in 2011,
of this broader wave.
have been successful.
in Tunisia and in Egypt,
в Єгипті і Тунісі,
presidents from stealing third terms
обратися на третій термін
and Burkina Faso as well.
у Буркіна Фасо.
Africa is both the youngest
наймолодший
between the people and their rulers.
народу і влади.
have been growing for over a decade now,
Африки зростає,
інвестицій з Азії.
is trickling down.
доходить до низів.
are actually decreasing,
промисловості скорочується,
for people to eke out a living.
неофіційно, аби вижити.
are increasingly disconnected
in good jobs for good wages
здорового ринку праці,
the hallmark of an advanced society;
розвинутого суспільства;
political parties by elites
out of civil society
громадянського суспільства,
to ordinary people;
звичайній людині;
that no matter what you do,
ми не старалися,
to the global economy
світової економіки
to levels unseen in decades.
до мінімуму.
to exclusionary nationalism,
у екстремальний націоналізм,
rather than the powerful.
and Western Europe consider to be new
та Західній Європі є новим,
of African life since the 1970s.
in resistance to these conditions
from African protest democracy?
з африканських мітингів?
with ordinary people.
зі звичайних людей.
has led to widespread disillusionment.
і всі це давно зрозуміли.
ordinary people in democratic life.
до підтримки демократичного життя.
sexuality, your gender,
чи сексуальну приналежність,
able-bodied or disabled,
by rigid electoral cycles.
виборчими циклами.
immediate form of action
хаотичність,
and contested processes,
to dismiss protests as riots
заколотами
of limited political utility.
protests as elementary to democracy.
проявом демократії.
social movements
їхню політику.
new political imaginations may emerge.
політичне бачення.
outside the lines,
to rewrite the rules of the game
змінити правила гри,
are stacked against them.
have grown up in societies
виросла в суспільстві,
has ruled their entire lives.
усім їхнім життям.
for new possibilities to emerge,
можливостей,
to discover their own power.
свою силу.
of my friend Linda Masarira,
Лінду Масаріру.
against the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe.
режиму Мугабе в Зімбабве.
as she told me a few months ago,
це тим,
of meaning and direction.
і направляє її.
young African activists,
поняття демократії.
elections and political parties.
beyond what we are told is possible.
за межі загальноприйнятих.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Zachariah Mampilly - Political scientistZachariah Mampilly is an expert on the politics of both violent and non-violent resistance.
Why you should listen
Zachariah Mampilly has lived, worked and studied in Africa, South Asia and North America. An expert on the politics of both violent and nonviolent resistance, he is the author of Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War (2011), based on extensive fieldwork in rebel-controlled zones of Congo, Sri Lanka and South Sudan. His 2015 book, Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change (with Adam Branch), examines the ongoing Third Wave of African protest and provides an inside look at recent movements in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda and Sudan.
Mampilly writes widely on South Asian and African politics for a variety of publications, including Al Jazeera, The Hindu, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs and N+1. He's a professor of political science and Africana studies at Vassar College in New York, and he spent 2012-2013 teaching at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as a Fulbright Scholar.
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