Mediated Citizenship: The Informal Politics of Speaking for Citizens in the Global South

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction: The Crucial Role of Mediators in Relations between States and Citizens....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Mediation and the Contradictions of Representing the Urban Poor in South Africa: The Case of SANCO Leaders in Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town, South Africa....Pages 25-42
Citizen Power or State Weakness? The Enduring History of Collective Action in a Hyderabadi Bazaar....Pages 43-60
The Politics of Mediation in Fragile Democracies: Building New Social Contracts through, and for, Democratic Citizenship in Angola....Pages 61-71
‘Parallel Power’ in Rio de Janeiro: Coercive Mediators and the Fragmentation of Citizenship in the Favela....Pages 72-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Challenging the Gatekeepers: Disability Rights Advocacy and the Struggle for Self-Representation within Lebanon’s Post-war Sectarian Democracy....Pages 93-109
Mediation in India’s Policy Spaces....Pages 110-127
Mediating Active Citizenship and Social Mobility in Working-Class Schools: The Case of Equal Education in Khayelitsha, Cape Town....Pages 128-145
Mobilising for Democracy: Civil Society Mediation and Access to Policy in India....Pages 146-160
Mediation at the Grassroots: Claiming Rights by Empowering Citizens in Bangladesh....Pages 161-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Mediation as Diplomacy: Dynamics of Governance and Representation in Brazilian Indigenous Societies....Pages 183-202
Achieving First Nation Self-Government in Yukon, Canada: The Mediating Role of the Council for Yukon Indians (CYI), 1975–1995....Pages 203-218
Transnationalisation as Mediation: Uyghur’s Rights-Based Mobilisation Outside China....Pages 219-234
Back Matter....Pages 235-260