Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance Anthropology in the Mediterranean Region

• Main Authors: Prato, Giuliana B, Dr, Pardo, Italo, Dr
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milton Routledge 2011; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; Ashgate
• Edition: 1
• Series: Urban Anthropology
• Subjects: Anthropology - Soc Sci; Citizenship; European Politics; Governance; Government; Legitimacy; Legitimacy of governments; Mediterranean Region; Migration; Political anthropology; Political Sociology; Public Policy; Racial & Ethnic Politics; Regional Geography - Human Geography; Urban anthropology; Urban Sociology; Future EU Membership; South Lebanon; Port Vell; 2004a; Social Reproduction; Port Authority; Jaffa Tel Aviv; Turkish Party System; Central Government; Martyr Traditions; Pardo 2000b; society; Wooden Bridge; vell; Young Men; UN; MP Government; Junta; rubbish; Cape Verdian; Israeli Palestinian Students; Moll De La Fusta; Above Ground; crisis; Shawmut Peninsula; renewal; albanian; NSP; Waterfront Renewal; Fustel De Coulanges; pardo; port; waterfront; Waterfront Renovation; Military Junta
• ISBN: 0754674010; 9780754674016; 9781138267695; 1138267694
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315572178

Against the background of unease at the increasingly loose and conflictual relationship between citizenship and governance, this book brings together rich, ethnographic studies from EU member states and post-Communist and Middle-Eastern countries in the Mediterranean Region to illustrate the crisis of legitimacy inherent in the weakening link between political responsibility and trust in the exercise of power. With close attention to the impact of the ambiguities and distortions of governance at the local level and their broader implications at the international level, where a state's legitimacy depends on its democratic credentials, Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance initiates a comparative discussion of the relationship between established moralities, politics, law and civil society in a highly diversified region with a strong history of cultural exchange. Demonstrating that a comparative anthropological analysis has much to offer to our understanding, this volume reveals that the city is a crucial arena for the renegotiation of citizenship, democracy and belonging.