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"Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World"

Event:	"Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World" Lunch will be provided to Ohio State faculty and students who respond to Beth Russell at russell.16 by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Amaney Jamal is Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University. Her current research focuses on democratization and the politics of civic engagement in the Arab World. She extends her research to the study of Muslim and Arab Americans, examining the pathways that structure their patterns of civic engagement in the United States. Jamal has written two books. The first book, Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World (Princeton University Press, 2007), explores the role of civic associations in promoting democratic effects in the Arab World. Her second book, Race and Arab Americans after 9-11: From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects (Syracuse University Press, 2007), is an edited volume with Nadine Naber (University of Michigan) that looks at the patterns and influences of Arab American racialization processes. Jamal is currently writing a third book on patterns of citizenship in the Arab world. Jamal is principal investigator of the "Arab Barometer Project"; co-principal investigator of the "Detroit Arab American Study," a sister survey to the Detroit Area Study; and Senior Advisor on the Pew Research Center Project on Islam in America, 2006. In 2005, Jamal was named a Carnegie Scholar. She has a bachelor's degree from University of California-Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. from University of Michigan.
Date and time:	May 15, 2008 12:00 PM
Location:	Area on Campus: Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave
Contact:	Not given
Phone Number:	614.292.1681
Event category:	International Affairs
Event Type:	Lecture

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