Informal politics in the Middle East / Suzi Mirgani (editor).
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: London : Hurst & Company, 2021Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197632963 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Middle East -- Politics and government
| Civil society -- Middle East | Political participation -- Middle EastAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197604342DDC classification: 320.956 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The culture of politics within any system of governance is influenced by how state and society interact, and how these relationships are mediated by existing political institutions, whether formal or informal. The chapters in this volume highlight two broad types of informal political engagement in the Middle East: civil action that works in tandem with the state apparatus, and civil action that poses a challenge to the state. In both cases, these activities can and do achieve tangible results for particular groups of people, as well as for the state. For many, informal politics and civil mobilisation are not a choice, but a necessity to secure - collectively - some kind of social security, through communal reciprocity and everyday activism.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Published in collaboration with Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University-Qatar.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The culture of politics within any system of governance is influenced by how state and society interact, and how these relationships are mediated by existing political institutions, whether formal or informal. The chapters in this volume highlight two broad types of informal political engagement in the Middle East: civil action that works in tandem with the state apparatus, and civil action that poses a challenge to the state. In both cases, these activities can and do achieve tangible results for particular groups of people, as well as for the state. For many, informal politics and civil mobilisation are not a choice, but a necessity to secure - collectively - some kind of social security, through communal reciprocity and everyday activism.
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