inasmuch as the reformers' successes and defeats alike served to discredit and demoralize the regimes they sought to redeem
church and meeting proceedings
dispute resolution lost its footing to the court system as the United States grew into a bustling and burgeoning country
as well as less-common spoilers
This analysis is set in the context of historical and current discourses of participation
Language and Society in the Middle East and North Africa 0071381856 inasmuch as the reformers' successesThis book investigates issues of central importance in understanding the role of language in society in the Middle East and North Africa. In particular, it covers issues of collective identity and variation as they relate to Arabic, Berber, English, Persian and Turkish in the fields of gender, national affiliation, the debate over authenticity and modernity, language reforms and language legislation. In addition, the book investigates how some of