Partners not protesters?: Managing contests to traditional democracy through expanded public input into political decision-making

Jennifer Lees-Marshment

doi:10.4324/9781315796512-17

Partners not protesters? Managing contests to traditional democracy through expanded public input into political decision-making

Jennifer Lees-Marshment

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Abstract

This chapter examines how graffiti triggers conflicting conceptions of civic participation and empowerment, by highlighting the on-going contestation of democracy involved in the local politics of public spaces. Graffiti has several ways of performing politicized interventions in public spaces, first by raising critical consciousness, what specialists of Brazil have called, after Paolo Freire, conscientizacao. The convergence in the provocativeness of the messages is striking, whether they are about sexuality, religion, the war in Iraq, or freedom of expression. Through a humour which is frequent in political graffiti, the juxtaposition of the two captions reactivates the political pertinence of a topic that has all but disappeared from the political debate. Mark Halsey and Alison Young identify four types of anti-graffiti policy: removal, criminalization, 'welfarism', and acceptance of graffiti culture. The politicization of graffiti in San Francisco shows how public spaces become the locus of democratic contestation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Democracy, Participation and Contestation
Subtitle of host publication	Civil society, governance and the future of liberal democracy
Editors	Emmanuelle Avril, Johann Neem
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	13
Pages	183-197
Number of pages	15
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317750772, 9781315796512
ISBN (Print)	9780415748636
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315796512-17
Publication status	Published - 7 Aug 2014

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences

Access to Document

10.4324/9781315796512-17

Cite this

@inbook{fe55490fd441478d9f6012f2ac5d3299,

title = "Partners not protesters?: Managing contests to traditional democracy through expanded public input into political decision-making",

abstract = "This chapter examines how graffiti triggers conflicting conceptions of civic participation and empowerment, by highlighting the on-going contestation of democracy involved in the local politics of public spaces. Graffiti has several ways of performing politicized interventions in public spaces, first by raising critical consciousness, what specialists of Brazil have called, after Paolo Freire, conscientizacao. The convergence in the provocativeness of the messages is striking, whether they are about sexuality, religion, the war in Iraq, or freedom of expression. Through a humour which is frequent in political graffiti, the juxtaposition of the two captions reactivates the political pertinence of a topic that has all but disappeared from the political debate. Mark Halsey and Alison Young identify four types of anti-graffiti policy: removal, criminalization, 'welfarism', and acceptance of graffiti culture. The politicization of graffiti in San Francisco shows how public spaces become the locus of democratic contestation.",

author = "Jennifer Lees-Marshment",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Emmanuelle Avril and Johann N. Neem.",

year = "2014",

month = aug,

day = "7",

doi = "10.4324/9781315796512-17",

language = "English",

isbn = "9780415748636",

pages = "183--197",

editor = "Emmanuelle Avril and Johann Neem",

booktitle = "Democracy, Participation and Contestation",

publisher = "Routledge",

address = "United Kingdom",

edition = "1",

}

Partners not protesters? Managing contests to traditional democracy through expanded public input into political decision-making. / Lees-Marshment, Jennifer.
Democracy, Participation and Contestation: Civil society, governance and the future of liberal democracy. ed. / Emmanuelle Avril; Johann Neem. 1. ed. London: Routledge, 2014. p. 183-197.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

TY - CHAP

T1 - Partners not protesters?

T2 - Managing contests to traditional democracy through expanded public input into political decision-making

AU - Lees-Marshment, Jennifer

PY - 2014/8/7

Y1 - 2014/8/7

N2 - This chapter examines how graffiti triggers conflicting conceptions of civic participation and empowerment, by highlighting the on-going contestation of democracy involved in the local politics of public spaces. Graffiti has several ways of performing politicized interventions in public spaces, first by raising critical consciousness, what specialists of Brazil have called, after Paolo Freire, conscientizacao. The convergence in the provocativeness of the messages is striking, whether they are about sexuality, religion, the war in Iraq, or freedom of expression. Through a humour which is frequent in political graffiti, the juxtaposition of the two captions reactivates the political pertinence of a topic that has all but disappeared from the political debate. Mark Halsey and Alison Young identify four types of anti-graffiti policy: removal, criminalization, 'welfarism', and acceptance of graffiti culture. The politicization of graffiti in San Francisco shows how public spaces become the locus of democratic contestation.

AB - This chapter examines how graffiti triggers conflicting conceptions of civic participation and empowerment, by highlighting the on-going contestation of democracy involved in the local politics of public spaces. Graffiti has several ways of performing politicized interventions in public spaces, first by raising critical consciousness, what specialists of Brazil have called, after Paolo Freire, conscientizacao. The convergence in the provocativeness of the messages is striking, whether they are about sexuality, religion, the war in Iraq, or freedom of expression. Through a humour which is frequent in political graffiti, the juxtaposition of the two captions reactivates the political pertinence of a topic that has all but disappeared from the political debate. Mark Halsey and Alison Young identify four types of anti-graffiti policy: removal, criminalization, 'welfarism', and acceptance of graffiti culture. The politicization of graffiti in San Francisco shows how public spaces become the locus of democratic contestation.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85107600725

U2 - 10.4324/9781315796512-17

DO - 10.4324/9781315796512-17

M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)

SN - 9780415748636

SP - 183

EP - 197

BT - Democracy, Participation and Contestation

A2 - Avril, Emmanuelle

A2 - Neem, Johann

PB - Routledge

CY - London

ER -

Lees-Marshment J. Partners not protesters? Managing contests to traditional democracy through expanded public input into political decision-making. In Avril E, Neem J, editors, Democracy, Participation and Contestation: Civil society, governance and the future of liberal democracy. 1 ed. London: Routledge. 2014. p. 183-197 Epub 2014 Aug 5. doi: 10.4324/9781315796512-17