Publics, Politics and Participation

Shami 39 Notes 1.sef Bayat, “The ‘Street’ and the Politics of Dissent in the Arab World,” A Middle East Report 226 (Spring 2003) ...

40 Introduction Sphere,” “Rethinking Publics and Politics,” “New Media and New Publics” and “Democratic Transitions and Public I ...

Shami 41 24.e discussions at the Beirut conference confirmed this, sometimes in Th unexpected ways. It was interesting to note, ...

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Traboulsi 45 Public Spheres and Urban Space: A Critical Comparative Approach Fawwaz Traboulsi My guiding assumption is that theo ...

46 Philosophical Frames world. Then I will address the problematic role of the public sphere in the democratization process. Hab ...

Traboulsi 47 poverty begins to resemble a natural catastrophe or a contagious disease. Consequently, we study poverty without st ...

48 Philosophical Frames the socioeconomic requirements of democracy (compared to the inflation of opinions on a “cultural” basis ...

Traboulsi 49 breakup of the Iraqi state—which was not by any means a necessary requirement for the overthrow of the Ba‘th regime ...

50 Philosophical Frames On the role of the public sphere in the transition to democracy in the European experience Is the public ...

Traboulsi 51 abermas views public spheres primarily as arenas of peaceful H rational-critical debate, in which are emphasized la ...

52 Philosophical Frames abermas rejects radical change in contemporary society and in H political power, at least in Europe and ...

Traboulsi 53 Public spheres in historical perspective: An arrested development I would like to advance here the argument that in ...

54 Philosophical Frames over Algeria, Tunisia, Palestine, Northern Syria and Mount Lebanon. The rebels had in common a resistanc ...

Traboulsi 55 minorities” in the Ottoman Empire. That policy would constitute the basis for the legitimization of the post-WWI ma ...

56 Philosophical Frames gained—embodied by the nation-state—away from the family, region, religion, and ethnic community. In the ...

Traboulsi 57 for the relativity of this assumption. Let us begin with the European expe- rience. Can we safely say that the role ...

58 Philosophical Frames the country and the city... is that between planning and organic growth.” Jameson is referring here to t ...