Introduction: People, power and public spaces -- From avoidance to alliance: Hunter-gatherers, non-governmental organisations and state relations in Tamil Nadu, South India -- Sounds of silence: Uncertainty, language and politics in the Cuban economic crisis -- Learning political behaviour: Peasant-state relations in Ethiopia -- In touch with politics: Three individuals in the midst of the Dalit movement -- Republic of China at a crossroads? Processes of democracy and ethnic identity on the Island of Taiwan -- Illicit daughter: Hindi-language newspapers and the regionalisation of the public sphere in India -- Public space inside out: Beirut's private and public spaces under reconstruction

1. Political participation -- Social aspects
2. Political culture
3. Political science