TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mirgani,Suzi
ED  - Georgetown University.
TI  - Informal politics in the Middle East
T2  - Oxford scholarship online
SN  - 9780197632963 (ebook) :
AV  - DS63.123 
U1  - 320.956 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Hurst & Company
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Also issued in print: 2021; Published in collaboration with Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University-Qatar; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - 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
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197604342.001.0001
ER  -