ISBN:
1136125388
,
9781136125386
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 276 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Contesting 'good' governance
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Political culture
;
Political participation Social aspects
;
Political science
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Political culture
;
Political participation ; Social aspects
;
Political science
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
1. Introduction : people, power and public spaces / Eva Poluha and Mona Rosendahl -- 2. From avoidance to alliance : hunter-gatherers, non-governmental organisations and state relations in Tamil Nadu, south India / Christer Norstrom -- 3. Sounds of silence : uncertainty, language and politics in the Cuban economic crisis / Mona Rosendahl -- 4. Learning political behaviour : peasant-state relations in Ethiopia / Eva Poluha -- 5. In touch with politics : three individuals in the midst of the Dalit movement / Eva-Maria Hardtmann -- 6. The republic of China at a crossroads? Processes of democracy and ethnic identity on the island of Taiwan / Alexander Wanek -- 7. The illicit daughter : Hindi-language newspapers and the regionalisation of the public sphere in India / Per Stahlberg -- 8. Public space inside out : Beirut's private and public spaces under reconstruction / Daniel Genberg.
Abstract:
Research in localities in India, Cuba, Ethiopia, Taiwan and Lebanon is used to develop a broader understanding of global political phenomena such as democracy, representation and accountability. To contextualise aspects of 'good' governance the articles in the volume deal with people's perceptions of and interactions with the state; how they interpret government laws and regulations; how they interact with officials and how they comment on acts and speeches made by local bureaucrats and national power holders. Through a discussion of the much debated distinction between private and public
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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