Civil Society In The Arab World

Author : Tania Haddad,Elie Al Hindy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429871177

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Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World by Tania Haddad,Elie Al Hindy Pdf

This book examines the links between civil society, religion and politics in the Middle East and North Africa region. The chapters in the volume explore the role of religion in shaping and changing the public sphere in regions that are developing and/or in conflict. They also discuss how these relations are reflected on civil society organizations and the role they are expected to play in transitional periods. This volume: investigates the conceptual dilemmas regarding what is ‘civil society’ in the Arab world today examines the dynamic roles of civil society organizations and religion in the Middle East and North Africa explores the future of the Arab civil society post-‘Arab Spring’ events, and how the latter continues to reshape the demand for democracy in the region. A comprehensive study of how the Arab civil society has come into being and its changing roles, this eclectic work will be of interest to scholars and researchers of politics, especially political Islam, international relations, Middle East Studies, African Studies, sociology and social anthropology.

Author : Francesco Cavatorta,Vincent Durac
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136963377

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Civil Society and Democratization in the Arab World by Francesco Cavatorta,Vincent Durac Pdf

The transition paradigm has traditionally viewed civil society activism as an essential condition for the establishment of democracy. The democracy promotion strategies of Western policy-makers have, therefore, been based on strengthening civil society in authoritarian settings in order to support the development of social capital -to challenge undemocratic regimes. This book questions the validity of the link between an active associational life and democratization. It examines civil society in the Arab world in order to illustrate how authoritarian constraints structure civil society dynamics in the region in ways that hinder transition to democracy. Building on innovative theoretical work and drawing on empirical data from extensive fieldwork in the region, this study demonstrates how the activism of civil society in five different Arab countries strengthens rather than weakens authoritarian practices and rule. Through an analysis of the specific legal and political constraints on associational life, and the impact of these on relations between different civic groups, and between associations and state authorities, the book demonstrates that the claim that civil society plays a positive role in processes of democratic transformation is highly questionable. Offering a broad and alternative vision of the state of civil society in the region, this book will be an important contribution to studies on Middle Eastern politics, democratization and civil society activism.

Author : Augustus R. Norton
Publisher : Social, Economic and Political
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : UVA:X002563452

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Civil Society in the Middle East by Augustus R. Norton Pdf

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Author : Francesco Cavatorta,Vincent Durac
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136963384

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Civil Society and Democratization in the Arab World by Francesco Cavatorta,Vincent Durac Pdf

The transition paradigm has traditionally viewed civil society activism as an essential condition for the establishment of democracy. The democracy promotion strategies of Western policy-makers have, therefore, been based on strengthening civil society in authoritarian settings in order to support the development of social capital -to challenge undemocratic regimes. This book questions the validity of the link between an active associational life and democratization. It examines civil society in the Arab world in order to illustrate how authoritarian constraints structure civil society dynamics in the region in ways that hinder transition to democracy. Building on innovative theoretical work and drawing on empirical data from extensive fieldwork in the region, this study demonstrates how the activism of civil society in five different Arab countries strengthens rather than weakens authoritarian practices and rule. Through an analysis of the specific legal and political constraints on associational life, and the impact of these on relations between different civic groups, and between associations and state authorities, the book demonstrates that the claim that civil society plays a positive role in processes of democratic transformation is highly questionable. Offering a broad and alternative vision of the state of civil society in the region, this book will be an important contribution to studies on Middle Eastern politics, democratization and civil society activism.

Author : Augustus Richard Norton
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004104690

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Civil society in the Middle East. 2 (2001) by Augustus Richard Norton Pdf

Leading scholars assembled by the Civil Society in the Middle East program provide lucid, informed essays on the quality of political life, weighing the role of civil society and assessing the prospects for political reform in the Middle East.

Author : Nawwāf Salām
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Civil society
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122919751

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Civil Society in the Arab World by Nawwāf Salām Pdf

Author : Nasser Yassin,Robert Hoppe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030020897

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Women, Civil Society and Policy Change in the Arab World by Nasser Yassin,Robert Hoppe Pdf

This book examines the ways in which Arab civil society actors have attempted to influence public policies. In particular, the book studies the drive towards a change of policies that affect women and their well-being. It does so through the lens of women civil society activism and through analysis of cases of policy reform in three Arab countries namely: Lebanon, Morocco and Yemen. The book addresses the tension between policy change and state repression; between Islamic traditional/religious values and civil/secular ones; between the formal and the informal channels for policy-making. One of the first books to reflect on the capability of Arab civil society actors to influence change, it traces recent policy evolution from before the Arab Uprisings in 2011 until the present day, and describes the limited ability of civil society actors to induce change and substantiate it over recent decades. The book explores the use of policy theories in the analysis of cases, and reflects on the possibility of applying and “adapting” those concepts, largely applied in the Western world, to encompass policymaking in the Arab world without conceptual 'overstretch'.

Author : Norton
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004492592

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Civil Society in the Middle East, Volume 1 by Norton Pdf

Launched in 1992, the Civil Society in the Middle East program has brought together dozens of leading scholars to analyze political life through an exploration of civil society within the states of the region. This is the first of two volumes to be published by Brill; it contains original studies of Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, Tunisia, the West Bank and Gaza, as well as the prospects for democratization in the Arab world, the consequences of economic liberalization and contemporary Islamic thought on civil society and democracy. This first volume offers a wealth of new material on unions, political parties and professional syndicates, and other components of civil society, as the authors weigh the prospects for political reform in the Middle East, and provide readable yet richly informed assessments of state-society relations.

Author : Ibrahim Natil,Chiara Pierobon,Lilian Tauber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429560026

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The Power of Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa by Ibrahim Natil,Chiara Pierobon,Lilian Tauber Pdf

This book investigates the power of civil society in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), in the context of the post-Arab Spring era, as well as more long-standing challenges and constraints in the region. In recent years, local civil society actors have faced significant challenges from social conservatism, conflict, violence, and the absence of democracy and exclusive political systems. Over the course of the book, the authors investigate how the sector has succeeded in achieving its own objectives despite these shifting conditions, the restrictive political environment and the complexity of the socio-cultural and economic context. Structured around the three themes of peace-building, development, and change, the book also addresses challenges faced by civil society organizations linked to ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversities as well as religious salient differences that are crucial markers of social and political identity. Case studies are drawn from the Palestinian Occupied Territories, Jordan, Iran, Nigeria, Niger, Egypt, and Morocco, and particular effort has been made to showcase original research from contributors who are from the region . This book will be of particular interest to researchers working on development, peace-building, conflict resolution, civil society, and politics within the MENA region.

Author : Mohammed A. Bamyeh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857732583

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Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East by Mohammed A. Bamyeh Pdf

What is the nature of intellectual activity in the Middle East, and what is its role in politics and society? While much scholarly attention has been given to the intelligentsia in the West, a comprehensive analysis of the social role of intellectuals in the Middle East has until now been lacking. This new book seeks to fill this gap, providing an overview of the role of influential thinkers in public life in the Middle East, and the impact they have had upon social, political and cultural spheres in the region. Covering a diverse range of key thinkers on the Middle East from Edward Said, Mohamed Arkoun and Halim Barakat to Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi and Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, the book examines intellectuals' connections to social movements, 'street politics' and civil society, and democracy and its prospects in the region. This is an important new contribution to the literature on Middle Eastern societies and politics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : IND:30000107584108

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Civil Society by Anonim Pdf

Author : Norton
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004492936

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Civil Society in the Middle East, Volume 2 by Norton Pdf

Civil Society in the Middle East is a project of the Department of Politics and the Koverkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University. Project director is Augustus Richard Norton (Boston University). While there is wide disagreement about the outcome among those who follow events in the Middle East, there is little doubt that the regimes in the region are under increasing pressure from their citizens. In rich and poor states alike, incipient movements of men and women are demanding a voice in politics. Recent political developments in Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon, even the future state of Palestine, clearly show the vitality and dynamism of civil society, the melange of associations, clubs, guilds, syndicates, federations, unions, parties and groups which provide a buffer between state and citizen and which are now so clearly at the forefront of political liberalization in the region. Civil Society in the Middle East, a two-volume set of papers providing an unusually detailed and rich assessment of contemporary politics within the Middle East, and in this sense alone, quite literally peerless, is the result of a project of the Department of Politics and the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University. Volume I contains contributions by Augustus Richard Norton, Raymond A. Hinnebusch, Laurie Brand, Muhammad Muslih, Mustafa Kamil al-Sayyid, Ghanim al Najjar and Neil Hicks, Eva Bellin, Jill Crystal, Saad al-Din Ibrahim, and Alan Richards.

Author : Cenap Çakmak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137571779

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The Arab Spring, Civil Society, and Innovative Activism by Cenap Çakmak Pdf

This book investigates the role of society groups in the making of the Arab Spring and under which conditions they attained their goals. Democracy and recognition of human rights and fundamental freedoms seem to be the main drives of the people organized in form of civil groups or grassroots movements in the Arab Spring countries; but it is essential to identify when they find it suitable to take such extreme action as taking the streets in an attempt to take down the repressive regimes. It is also important to investigate what methods they relied on in their action and how they challenged the state and the government. A review of the cases in this volume shows that civil society has certain limitations in its action. Analysis of the cases also challenges a commonly held assumption that the Arab world does not have strong and rich civil society tradition. However, for a lasting success and consolidation of democracy, something more than civil society action is obviously needed. A strong organized opposition and a democratic culture seems to be indispensable elements for the evolution of a democratic order and tradition.

Author : Benjamin Isakhan,Fethi Mansouri,Shahram Akbarzadeh
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780522861617

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ISS 12 The Arab Revolutions in Context by Benjamin Isakhan,Fethi Mansouri,Shahram Akbarzadeh Pdf

From late 2010 a series of dramatic and unprecedented events swept across the Middle East and North Africa, toppling several autocratic regimes that had held power for decades and ushering in a new climate of dissent and democratisation. The Arab Revolutions in Context seizes a unique opportunity to reflect on these seismic events, their causes and consequences, and the core issues facing the region as it moves forward. This volume is more than a collection of detailed thematic essays. It situates the Arab Revolutions within their broader contextual backgrounds—showing that a unique set of historical events, as well as local, regional and global dynamics, has converged to provide the catalyst that triggered the recent revolts-and also within a new conceptual framework. The argument here is that the Arab Revolutions pose a very specific challenge to conventional wisdom concerning democracy and democratisation in the Middle East. The Arab Revolutions in Context is the first volume of its kind to address the Arab Revolutions and the varying analyses, debates and discussions that they have stimulated.

Author : Anthony Tirado Chase,Amr Hamzawy
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 0812239350

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Human Rights in the Arab World by Anthony Tirado Chase,Amr Hamzawy Pdf

This is the first book in English that draws together the work of intellectuals at the forefront of research on the Arab region's key human rights issues. Its empirical and theoretical focus is on the historical and contemporary place of human rights in Arab politics and the obstacles to advancing rights in the region.