ISBN:
9780700714940
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (477 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Contesting 'Good' Governance : Crosscultural Perspectives on Representation, Accountability and Public Space
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Political science
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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, the
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: People, Power and Public Spaces; 2 From Avoidance to Alliance: Hunter-Gatherers, Non-Governmental Organisations and State Relations in Tamil Nadu, South India; 3 Sounds of Silence: Uncertainty, Language and Politics in the Cuban Economic Crisis; 4 Learning Political Behaviour: Peasant-State Relations in Ethiopia; 5 In Touch with Politics: Three Individuals in the Midst of the Dalit Movement; 6 The Republic of China at a Crossroads? Processes of Democracy and Ethnic Identity on the Island of Taiwan
Description / Table of Contents:
7 The Illicit Daughter: Hindi-Language Newspapers and the Regionalisation of the Public Sphere in India8 Public Space Inside Out: Beirut's Private and Public Spaces Under Reconstruction; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
