Conclusion

Arab New York ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 169-182
Author(s):  
Emily Regan Wills

The conclusion makes two arguments. The first is that the study of the everyday dimensions of politics adds richness and texture to political science, and should become a greater part of our scholarly discourse. The second is that the shifts taking place during the Trump administration represent both an outpouring of overt Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, and the slow growth of an increase in political space for Arab Americans to voice their opinions and frame political problems for themselves. While Arab Americans have not yet achieved robust justice for themselves and their communities, the potential for change and growth is present.

Author(s):  
Philipp Zehmisch

Chapter 2 contextualizes the Andaman Islands as a fieldwork location. It has two major objectives: First, it serves to introduce the reader to the Andamans as a geographical, ecological, and political space and as a site of imagination. This representation of the islands concentrates on the interplay of discourses and policies which have shaped their global, national, and local perception as well as the everyday life of the Andaman population. Second, the chapter underlines the conflation of anthropological theory, fieldwork, and biographical transformations. It demonstrates how recent theoretical trends and paradigm shifts in global and academic discourse have become enmeshed with the author’s experiences in and perceptions of the field. Elaborating on these intricate personal and professional ‘spectacles’ of the fieldworker, the author thus contextualizes the subjective conditions inherent in the production of ethnography as a type of literature.


2001 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 4-8
Author(s):  
Andrea Theocharis ◽  
Marcus Graetsch

We all study political science, but - what do we actually do here anyway? This essay expresses our thoughts about our subject. The everyday life in University doesn’t seem to give enough space for questioning what is this all about. Maybe a debate on that issue does not exist extensively because of fears of the loss of entitlement. The aim of this essay is to support the heightening of student’s awareness about the status quo of research and teaching in political science as we can judge it from our modest experiences. Trying to get to the basis of such a problem is not easy. The things here written are surely not the state of the art, but they could shine a better light on the problem what had been called the 'politics of political science' in an earlier Internet discussion on the IAPSS website. This paper should be understood as a start for a discussion, where we all can express our surely different experiences and ideas.


2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-189
Author(s):  
Stephen Vider

AIDS at Home: Art and Everyday Activism, presented at the Museum of the City of New York from May to October 2017, aimed to complement and complicate popular narratives about the history of HIV/AIDS by examining how HIV/AIDS played out in the everyday lives of diverse communities in New York. The exhibition placed works of art alongside documentary photography, film, and archival materials in unique ways to ask visitors to rethink what counts as activism and to reconsider home as a crucial political space. This paper reflects on the ways the curator sought to activate the domestic archive—the everyday ephemera and affects of illness, caretaking, and family life.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-124
Author(s):  
Jean Terrier

Th is article off ers a history of pluralism as a term in scholarly discourse. It presents the existing research on the question and off ers a contribution on the basis of an inclusive approach that is not limited to one discipline (philosophy or political science) or to one linguistic area. In particular, it references the rich German debate and the important French intellectual developments. Moreover, it considers not only the proponents but also the adversaries of pluralism. Th ere are two recurring elements in the debates on political pluralism. One is the existence, even among the critics of pluralism, of a recognition of plurality at some level. Th e other is the advocacy, even by authors who strongly emphasize confl ict and dissent, of some necessary unity.


2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvin Ong

Recent political science research has suggested that autocrats adopt a variety of institutions such as nominally democratic elections and ruling parties to buttress authoritarian durability. In this article I investigate the role of constituency service in an authoritarian regime. I argue that Singapore's Meet-the-People Sessions (MPS) is a complementary institution that can serve to mitigate the weaknesses of other authoritarian institutions, thereby entrenching authoritarianism, rather than serve as a form of democratic representation. First, it is a mechanism to gain valuable everyday information about grievances within the population, thereby allowing the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) to formulate policies and effectively target its response. Second, it is a convenient venue to recruit and socialize ordinary party members, thus helping the PAP forestall potential party decay. Symbolically, conducting MPS is a material performance of the hegemonic ideology of elitism between PAP politicians and ordinary Singaporeans.


2018 ◽  
pp. 12-33
Author(s):  
Iná Elias De Castro

RESUMOEste artigo se propõe debater as condições para a transformação dos espaços públicos em espaços políticos e responder como isto ocorre. A tese defendida é a de que os espaços públicos são espaços do cotidiano social urbano e não possuem uma essência política, embora possam tornar-se espaços políticos quando invadidos por fenômenos da política que transformam temporariamente suas rotinas e seu público usual. O texto está dividido em três partes. Na primeira, a política é conceituada como um sistema institucional e operacional de resolução de conflitos de interesses, apresentando os riscos da falácia, muito comum na literatura sociológica, de considerar a política como uma esfera abstrata. Na segunda, o espaço político é apresentado como um conceito, que apesar da origem na ciência política, foi apropriado e ampliado na geografia política como espaço de ação das políticas públicas e das leis, mas também dos movimentos sociais e dos atos políticos. Na terceira, são elaborados os argumentos da tese central deste texto, respondendo à questão sobre as circunstâncias em que os espaços públicos podem se transformar em espaços políticos.Palavras-chave: Espaço político; espaço público; mobilizações políticas. ABSTRACTThis article proposes to discuss the conditions for the transformation of public spaces into political spaces and to respond how this occurs. The thesis defended is that public spaces are spaces of everyday urban social and do not have a political essence, although they may become political spaces when invaded by phenomena of politics that temporarily transform their routines and their usual public. The text is divided into three parts. In the first, politics is conceptualized as an institutional and operational system for resolving conflicts of interest, presenting the risks of the fallacy, very common in the sociological literature, of considering politics as an abstract sphere. In the second, the political space is presented as a concept, that despite the origin in political science, was appropriated and expanded in political geography as a space for action of public policies and laws, but also for social movements and political acts. In the third part, the arguments of the central thesis of this text are elaborated, answering the question about the circumstances in which the public spaces can turn into political spaces.Keywords: Political space; public space; political mobilizations.


GEOgraphia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (43) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Daniel Abreu Azevedo

O presente artigo tem como objetivo principal analisar o modelo da democracia participativa a partir de uma perspectiva geográfica. Busca-se, com isso, ampliar a agenda da geografia política ao possibilitar uma nova perspectiva sobre a forma de governo que, ao mesmo tempo em que se expande no mundo, também tem sua legitimidade questionada. Para tanto, a proposta segue um caminho oposto daquele traçado por Flint e Taylor (2011), cuja análise democrática é vista dentro da concepção de sistema-mundo. Este artigo traz os conceitos de escala política e espaço político e analisa o que se transformou no modelo democrático mais debatido da ciência política contemporânea: a democracia participativa. A partir de pesquisa empírica desenvolvida nos Conselhos Municipais (CMs) do Rio de Janeiro entre os anos de 2013-2016, questionar-se-á a efetividade dos CMs como verdadeiros espaços políticos.Palavras-chave: Engenharia político-geográfica. Espaço político. Escala política. Democracia participativa. Conselho Municipal. THE LIMITS OF PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY: ANALYSIS OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS IN RIO DE JANEIROAbstract: The main objective of this article is to analyze the model of participatory democracy from a geographical perspective. It aims to broaden the agenda of political geography by providing a new perspective on the form of government that, at the same time as it expands in the world, also has its legitimacy questioned. The proposal follows the opposite path outlined by Flint and Taylor (2011), whose democratic analysis is seen within the conception of world-system. This article brings the concepts of political scale and political space and analyzes what has become the most debated democratic model of contemporary political science: participatory democracy. Based on empirical research developed in the Municipal Councils (CMs) of Rio de Janeiro between the years 2013-2016, the effectiveness of CMs will be questioned as real political spaces.Keywords: Participatory democracy. Political space. Political scale. Political-geographic engineering. Municipal Council. LÍMITES DE LA DEMOCRACIA PARTICIPATIVA: UN ANÁLISIS A PARTIR DE LOS CONSEJOS MUNICIPALES EN RÍO DE JANEIROResumen: El presente artículo tiene como objetivo principal analizar el modelo de la democracia participativa desde una perspectiva geográfica. Se busca, así, ampliar la agenda de la geografía política al posibilitar una nueva perspectiva sobre la forma de gobierno que, al mismo tiempo que se expande en el mundo, también tiene su legitimidad cuestionada. Pues, la propuesta sigue un camino opuesto a aquel trazado por Flint y Taylor (2011), cuyo análisis democrático es visto dentro de la concepción del sistema-mundo. Este artículo trae los conceptos de escala política y espacio político, además analiza lo que se ha transformado en el modelo democrático más debatido de la ciencia política contemporánea: la democracia participativa. A partir de la investigación empírica desarrollada en los Consejos Municipales (CMs) de Río de Janeiro entre los años 2013-2016, se cuestionará la efectividad de los CM como verdaderos espacios políticos.Palabras clave: Ingeniería político-geográfica. Espacio político. Escala política. Democracia participativa. Consejo Municipal.


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