Civil Society In The Middle East Volume 1

Author : Norton
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 51,9 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 : Endre Stiansen,Michael Kevane
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004110496

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Kordafan Invaded by Endre Stiansen,Michael Kevane Pdf

The book will be of interest to scholars of Africa and Islam because of its novel focus on regional institutions and their relation to state structures.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9004101756

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Civil Society in the Middle East by Anonim Pdf

Author : Augustus Richard Norton
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,8 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 : Jillian Schwedler
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1555875882

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Toward Civil Society in the Middle East? by Jillian Schwedler Pdf

Author : Ibrahim Natil,Chiara Pierobon,Lilian Tauber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 43,6 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 : Norton
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 43,9 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 : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 6055386070

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Civil Society and Change in the Middle East by Cenap Çakmak Pdf

Author : Tareq Y. Ismael
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0813020980

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Middle East Politics Today by Tareq Y. Ismael Pdf

Accessible to students and useful to the expert, this up-to-date volume offers a comprehensive study of important and complicated issues in the contemporary Middle East. This account, covering all Middle Eastern countries, examines major trends in the history, politics, and economics of the region, with a special focus on events since the 1991 Persian Gulf War. It emphasizes regional comparative groupings of states such as the Fertile Crescent, the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Nile Valley, Turkey, and Iran.Tareq Ismael provides readers with an understanding of the forces that shape local and regional politics as well as a basis for how the region locates itself in international affairs. He looks at the new dynamics that have developed since the Gulf War, especially the decay of postcolonial state structures and the strength of American influence in politics. His account of each state stresses historical background, development of political institutions and processes, and socioeconomic issues and institutions.Considering forces local to particular areas, Ismael discusses such topics as terrorism, Islamic activism, the growth of state coercive agencies, and the subversion of democratic institutions and processes by regimes.

Author : Tareq Y. Ismael,Jacqueline S. Ismael
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136941399

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Government and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East by Tareq Y. Ismael,Jacqueline S. Ismael Pdf

This exciting new book for students of Middle Eastern politics provides a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of the region, its politics and people. Combining a thematic framework for examining patterns of politics with individual chapters dedicated to specific countries, the book explores current issues within an historical context. Presenting information in an accessible and inclusive format, the book offers: coverage of the historical influence of colonialism and major world powers on the shaping of the modern Middle East a detailed examination of the legacy of Islam analysis of the political and social aspects of Middle Eastern life: alienation between state and society, poverty and social inequality, ideological crises and renewal case studies on countries in the Northern Belt (Turkey and Iran); the Fertile Crescent (Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, Israel and Palestine); and those West and East of the Red Sea (Egypt and the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council). extensive pedagogical features, including original maps and detailed further reading sections, provide essential support for the reader. A key introductory text for students of Middle Eastern politics and history at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels, this book will also be a significant reference for policy-makers and any motivated reader.

Author : Augustus R. Norton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9004104690

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Civil Society in the Middle East: 2001 by Augustus R. Norton Pdf

Author : Sean Yom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429756399

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Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa by Sean Yom Pdf

The latest edition of this renowned textbook explores the states and regimes of the Middle East and North Africa. Presenting heavily revised, fully updated chapters contributed by the world’s leading experts, it analyzes the historical trajectory, political institutions, economic development, and foreign policies of the region’s nearly two dozen countries. The volume can be used in conjunction with its sister volume, The Societies of the Middle East and North Africa, for a comprehensive overview of the region. Chapters are organized and structured identically, giving insightful windows into the nuances of each country’s domestic politics and foreign relations. Data tables and extensive annotated bibliographies orient readers towards further research. Whether used in conjunction with its sister volume or on its own, this book provides the most comprehensive and detailed overview of the region’s varied politics. Five new experts cover the critical country cases of Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. All chapters cover the latest events, including trends that have remarkably changed in just a few years like the gradual end of the Syrian civil war. As such, this textbook is invaluable to students of Middle Eastern politics.. The ninth edition brings substantial changes. All chapters also have a uniform, streamlined structure that explores the historical context, social and economic environment, political institutions, regime dynamics, and foreign policy of each country. Fact boxes and political maps are now far more extensive, and photographs and images also help illustrate key points. Annotated bibliographies are vastly expanded, providing nothing short of the best list of research references for each country.

Author : Francesco Cavatorta,Vincent Durac
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,6 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 : Michael Edwards
Publisher : Polity
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745645858

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Civil Society by Michael Edwards Pdf

Since its publication in 2004, Civil Society has become a standard work of reference for all those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action in the contemporary world. In this thoroughly-revised edition, Michael Edwards updates the arguments and evidence presented in the original and adds major new material on issues such as civil society in Africa and the Middle East, global civil society, information technology and new forms of citizen organizing. He explains how in the future the pressures of state encroachment, resurgent individualism, and old and familiar forces of nationalism and fundamentalism in new clothes will test and re-shape the practice of citizen action in both positive and negative ways. Civil Society will help readers of all persuasions to navigate these choppy waters with greater understanding, insight and success. Colleges and universities, foundations and NGOs, public policy-makers, journalists and commissions of inquiry – all have used Edwards’s book to understand and strengthen the vital role that civil society can play in deepening democracy, re-building community, and addressing poverty, inequality and injustice. This new edition will be required reading for anyone who is interested in creating a better world through citizen action.

Author : Augustus Richard Norton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9999101755

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Civil Society in the Middle East (2 Vols.) 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.