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Spaces of participation : dynamics of social and political change in the Arab world

Aboubakr, Randa, 1966- editor, Jurkiewicz, Sarah, editor, Ait-Mansour, Hicham, 1977- editor, Freitag, Ulrike, editor

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\"Where do people meet, form relations of trust, and begin debating social and political issues? Where do social movements start? In this fascinating collection, scholars and activists from a wealth of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, anthropology, history, and political science, take a fresh look at these questions and the factors leading to political and social change in the Arab world from a spatial perspective. Based on original field work in Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, and Palestine, Spaces of Participation connects and reconnects social, cultural, and political participation with urban space. It explores timely themes such as formal and informal spaces of participation, alternative spaces of cultural production, space reclamation, and cultural activism, and the reconfiguring of space through different types of contestation. It also covers a range of spaces that include sports clubs, arts centers, and sites of protest and resistance, as well as virtual spaces such as social media platforms, in the process of examining the relationships and tensions between physical and virtual space\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
• Subject: Public spaces Political aspects Middle East History 21st century. / Sociology, Urban Middle East History 21st century. / Social media Middle East History 21st century. / Political participation Middle East History 21st century. / Social movements Middle East History 21st century. / Social change Middle East History 21st century. / Middle East Politics and government 21st century. / Middle East Social conditions 21st century.
• ISBN: 9781617979897

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HT185.S63 2021	1	BOOK	GENERAL