The State Otherwise

Green Space, Citizenship and Advocating for the Public in Beirut

Alice Stefanelli (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

164 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-626-0 (ISBN)

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The city of Beirut is increasingly congested, polluted and suffocating. Its already limited green public spaces are under growing threat of privatisation and redevelopment. The State Otherwise examines the difficult predicament of Beirut’s public green spaces from the vantage point of the civic campaign to reopen Horsh al Sanawbar, the city’s largest public park. Analysing the relationship between neoliberal sectarianism, private interest and political action, the book asks questions about the nature of privatisation of public property, civic society’s potential to mobilise individuals and the role of public authorities in promoting the public good.

Alice Stefanelli is an Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology at Durham University and a Fellow of the Durham Research Methods Centre. Her research interests concern the public life of cities and the ways in which people make their lives within them.

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Beirut La Min?

Chapter 2. The Fragility of the Public

Chapter 3. Ambivalent Spaces

Chapter 4. Windows of Possibility

Chapter 5. The State Otherwise

Conclusion

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2024
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-80539-626-9 / 1805396269
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-626-0 / 9781805396260
Zustand	Neuware