Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaDeepta Chopra, Institute of Development Studies, IndiaBrahm Fleisch, Wits School of Education, South AfricaLopita Huq, BRAC University, IndiaPaul Kingston, University of Toronto Scarborough, CanadaSimeen Mahmud, BRAC University, IndiaRanjita Mohanty, University of New Delhi, IndiaRoberta Rice, University of Guelph, CanadaSteven Robins, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaShylashri Shankar, University of New Delhi, IndiaAlex Shankland, University of Sussex, UKLaura Trajber Waisbich, Brazilian Centre of Analysis and Planning, BrazilJoanna Wheeler, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Introduction: The Crucial Role of Mediators in Relations between States and Citizens; Laurence Piper and Bettina von Lieres PART I: MEDIATING THE CITY 1. Mediation and the Contradictions of Representing the Urban Poor in South Africa: The Case of Sanco Leaders in Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town, South Africa 2. Citizen Power or State Weakness? The Enduring History of Collective Action in a Hyderabadi Bazaar; Shylashri shankar 3. The Politics of Mediation in Fragile Democracies: Building New Social Contracts Through, and for, Democratic Citizenship in Angola; Bettina von Lieres 4. 'Parallel Power' In Rio de Janeiro: Coercive Mediators and the Fragmentation of Citizenship in the Favela; Joanna wheeler PART II: MEDIATING THE NATIONAL 5. Challenging the Gatekeepers: Disability Rights Advocacy and the Struggle for Self-Representation within Lebanon's Postwar Sectarian Democracy; Paul Kingston 6. Mediation in India's Policy Spaces; Deepta Chopra 7. Mediating Active Citizenship and Social Mobility in Working Class Schools: The Case of Equal Education in Khayelitsha, Cape Town; Brahm Fleisch and Steven Robins 8. Mobilising for Democracy: Civil Society Mediation and Access to Policy in India; Ranjita Moha 9. Mediation at the Grassroots: Claiming Rights by Empowering Citizens in Bangladesh; Lopita Huq and Simeen Mahmud PART III: MEDIATING THE POST-NATIONAL 10: Mediation as Diplomacy: Dynamics of Governance and Representation in Brazilian Indigenous Societies; Alex Shankland 11. Achieving First Nation Self-Government In Yukon, Canada: The Mediating Role of the Council for Yukon Indians (cyi), 1975-1995*; Roberta Rice 12. Transnationalisation as Mediation: Uyghur's Rights-Based Mobilisation Outside China; Laura Trajber Waisbich