Posted by Al Al Thani at Saturday, March 19, 2011 1:28:39 PM EDT
Fay and I presented on Stories of Democracy at the very beginning of the semester. For those of you who have not included a journal entry about it, I thought I'd offer some help and refresh your minds.
The main themes/points of the book are the following: (these points were discussed in class)
1. Democratization
2. Religion
3. Audience (who the book is written for)
4. Representation
5. Writing
6. Myth-making
The chapters discussed the notion of citizenship and identity in Kuwait. The book started off by explaining the importance of political participation, and the absence of it in Kuwaiti lifestyle. The book mainly covers the Iraqi invasion that the repercussions that it had on Kuwaiti social and political spheres. Internal divisions were created within Kuwait after the invasion as people were displeased with the lack of their governments power during the invasion. After the invasion social movements begin that supported democratization. While tribalism remains existent in Kuwait, modernity and democracy has taken place.
Here's a helpful book review about the major points that arose in the book:
https://campus.georgetown.edu/@@/E81996B1BD3151B745BF1A29EFE7F64F/courses/1/CULP-351-70.Spring2011/blog/_13262_1/post/_59245_1/Stories%20of%20Democracy.pdf
- Al Jazi
No comments:
Post a Comment