Book review: How social movements can save democracy: democratic innovations from below by Donatella della Porta

In How Social Movements Can Save Democracy: Democratic Innovations from Below, Donatella della Porta explores how progressive social movements can deepen direct democracy through popular participation. The book repositions social movements as actors within institutional or formal politics and will inspire readers to consider their influence as citizens beyond traditional modes of participation in the public arena, writes Carla Quiroz. How Social Movements Can Save Democracy: Democratic Innovations from Below. Donatella della Porta. Polity. 2020.