The State Otherwise

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The State Otherwise is written by Alice Stefanelli and published by Berghahn Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1805396285 (ISBN 10) and 9781805396284 (ISBN 13).

The city of Beirut is increasingly congested, polluted and suffocating. Its already limited green public spaces are under growing threat of privatisation and redevelopment. The State Otherwise examines the difficult predicament of Beirut’s public green spaces from the vantage point of the civic campaign to reopen Horsh al Sanawbar, the city’s largest public park. Analysing the relationship between neoliberal sectarianism, private interest and political action, the book asks questions about the nature of privatisation of public property, civic society’s potential to mobilise individuals and the role of public authorities in promoting the public good.