Multiculturalism And Democracy In North Africa

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317813620

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Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa by Moha Ennaji Pdf

Investigating the connections between multiculturalism, minorities, citizenship, and democracy in North Africa, this book argues that multiculturalism in this region– and in the Arab world at large – has reached a significant level in terms of scale and importance. In the rest of the world, there has been a trend – albeit a contested one – toward a greater recognition of minority rights. The Arab world however, particularly North Africa, seems to be an exception to this trend, as Arab states continue to promote highly unitary and homogenizing ideas of nationhood and state unity, whilst discouraging, or even forbidding, minority political mobilization. The central theoretical premise of this book is that North Africa is a multicultural region, where culture is inherently linked to politics, religion, gender, and society, and a place where democracy is gradually taking root despite many political and economic hurdles. Addressing the lacuna in literature on this issue, this book opens new avenues of thought and research on diversity, linking policy based on cultural difference to democratic culture and to social justice. Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa will be of use to students and researchers with an interest in Sociology, Cultural Studies, and Political Science more broadly.

Author : Will Kymlicka,Eva Pföstl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317205500

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Minority Politics in the Middle East and North Africa by Will Kymlicka,Eva Pföstl Pdf

Projects of democratic reform in the Middle East and North Africa have said little about the place of minorities and minority rights in their vision of reform, implying that these issues are best deferred to some indefinite future. While many people describe the Arab Spring as a ‘battle for pluralism’, there is a reluctance to discuss what this pluralism might actually mean for the political claims of minorities, for fear of triggering divisive conflicts and undemocratic tendencies. Is there an alternative to this fearful deferral of minority politics? Can we imagine ‘transformative minority politics’ – that is, a form of minority politics that strengthens democratic reform in the region, and that helps deepen a culture of human rights and democratic citizenship? This volume explores whether this is indeed a realistic prospect in the Middle East and North Africa, examining cases that include the Amazigh in North Africa, the Copts in Egypt, the Kurds in Iraq, the Palestinians in Israel, the ‘minoritarian’ regimes in Syria and Bahrain, and various ethnic minorities in Iran. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : 1527512657

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Democracy, Culture, and Social Change in North Africa by Moha Ennaji Pdf

This volume serves to make sense of the political, cultural, and social change that has occurred in North Africa since the Arab Spring. It includes a number of contributions which address the issue of democracy and cultural identity. The book points to the fact that North Africa needs a workable paradigm for political order, which answers to the economic, social, and cultural challenges and peculiarities of African society in an increasingly globalizing world. This will require that we eschew a 'one-size-fits-all' approach. The book, which targets students, academia, and civil society, argues that North Africa's solutions must be defined and advised by policies which reflect the cultural realities of the society they are intended to serve.

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781527512665

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Democracy, Culture, and Social Change in North Africa by Moha Ennaji Pdf

This volume serves to make sense of the political, cultural, and social change that has occurred in North Africa since the Arab Spring. It includes a number of contributions which address the issue of democracy and cultural identity. The book points to the fact that North Africa needs a workable paradigm for political order, which answers to the economic, social, and cultural challenges and peculiarities of African society in an increasingly globalizing world. This will require that we eschew a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. The book, which targets students, academia, and civil society, argues that North Africa’s solutions must be defined and advised by policies which reflect the cultural realities of the society they are intended to serve.

Author : Bruce Berman,Dickson Eyoh,Will Kymlicka
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119462815

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Ethnicity & Democracy in Africa by Bruce Berman,Dickson Eyoh,Will Kymlicka Pdf

The politics of identity and ethnicity are resurgent. Civil society, whose revival was much vaunted, was riven by communal tensions particularly of ethnicity and religion. The contributors address questions such as: why is ethnicity a political problem? How is the problem manifested? Which institutional models offer ways of ameliorating the challenges that ethnicity poses to democratic nation-building?

Author : Bruce Berman,Dickson Eyoh,Will Kymlicka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa
ISBN : 1782049924

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ETHNICITY AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA. by Bruce Berman,Dickson Eyoh,Will Kymlicka Pdf

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527549975

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Managing Cultural Diversity in the Mediterranean Region by Moha Ennaji Pdf

This book highlights the various cultures and religions of Mediterranean countries, and discusses issues related to managing diversity and minority rights, and the role of intercultural and interreligious dialogue. It centers on the interconnectedness between culture, politics, religion, gender, race, migration, and language. To promote a fruitful exchange, the volume considers approaches that integrate social, economic, cultural, religious and political dimensions, and surveys the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of multiculturalism. The contributions gathered here also debate issues relating to history, modernity, cultural specificities of the region, and their role in the consolidation of peace, democracy, social justice, and development. The book uses an analytic framework coupled with a synthetic method, while providing a roadmap to achieve a better management of pluralism in the Mediterranean area, which will help different populations to live together in harmony and to continue their battle for broadmindedness, acceptance, and coexistence.

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : 1569024049

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Minorities, Women, and the State in North Africa by Moha Ennaji Pdf

Author : Daniel Křížek,Jan Záhořík
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498547246

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Beyond the Arab Spring in North Africa by Daniel Křížek,Jan Záhořík Pdf

This book explores specific problems related to the phenomenon of the Arab Spring in North Africa. These topics include sexual minorities, youth, and gender issues, as well as broader themes covering the ideological, social, political, and religious backgrounds of the Arab Spring.

Author : Aomar Boum,Mohamed Daadaoui
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538120002

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Historical Dictionary of the Arab Uprisings by Aomar Boum,Mohamed Daadaoui Pdf

The Arab uprisings that swept the Middle East and North Africa in the period from 2011- 2012 left an indelible mark on the socio-political landscape of the region. But that mark was not consistent across the region: while some countries underwent dramatic popular social and political changes, others teetered on the brink, or were left with the status quo intact. Street revolutions toppled despotic regimes in Tunisia, Libya, and momentarily in Egypt, while mounting serious challenges to authoritarian regimes in Syria and Yemen. Algeria’s entrenched bureaucratic-cum-military authoritarian system proved resilient until the recent events of early 2019 which forced the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika before the end of his term on 28 April 2019. As in Algeria, protestors in Sudan succeeded, after months of demonstrations, in overthrowing the government of Omar al-Bashir. Several Arab monarchies still appear stable and have managed to weather the tempest of the Arab revolutions, albeit not without fissures showing in the edifice of their states, accompanied by some minor constitutional changes. Where Tunisians, Egyptians, Yemenis, Syrians, and Libyans demanded regime changes in their political systems, protesters in the Arab monarchies have called on the kings and emirs to reform their political system from the top down, indicating the sizeable monarchical advantage. Historical Dictionary of the Arab Uprisings contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on the terms, persons and events that shaped the Arab Spring uprisings. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Arab Uprisings.

Author : Yasmeen Abu-Laban,Alain-G Gagnon,Arjun Tremblay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000826869

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Assessing Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective by Yasmeen Abu-Laban,Alain-G Gagnon,Arjun Tremblay Pdf

In Assessing Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective, a group of leading scholars come together in a multidisciplinary collection to assess multiculturalism through an international comparative perspective. Multiculturalism today faces challenges like never before, through the concurrent rise of populism and white supremacist groups, and contemporary social movements mobilizing around alternative ideas of decolonization, anti-racism and national self-determination Taking these challenges head on, and with the backdrop that the term multiculturalism originated in Canada before going global, this collection of chapters presents a global comparative view of multiculturalism, through both empirical and normative perspectives, with the overarching aim of comprehending multiculturalism’s promise, limitations, contemporary challenges, trajectory and possible futures. Collectively, the chapters provide the basis for a critical assessment of multiculturalism’s first 50 years, as well as vital insight into whether multiculturalism is best equipped to meet the distinct challenges characterizing this juncture of the 21st century. With coverage including the Americas, Europe, Oceania, Africa and Asia, and thematic coverage of citizenship, religion, security, gender, Black Lives Matter and the post-pandemic order, Assessing Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective presents a comprehensively global collection that is indispensable reading for scholars and students of diversity in the 21st century.

Author : Ronald Bruce St John
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786072412

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Libya by Ronald Bruce St John Pdf

Since Qaddafi’s ousting in 2011, Libya has been beset by instability and conflict. To understand the tumultuous state of the country today, one must look to its past. With great clarity and precision, renowned regional expert Ronald Bruce St John examines Libya’s long struggle to establish its political and economic identity amidst the interference of external actors keen to exploit the country’s strategic importance. This authoritative history spans the time of the early Phoenician and Greek settlements, colonization by Mussolini’s Italy, Qaddafi’s four decades of rule and, in this updated edition, the internal rivalries that have dominated the country in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Essential reading for those seeking a greater understanding of this complex North African state, Libya: From Colony to Revolution is an insightful history, rich in detail and analysis.

Author : Mino Vianello,Mary Hawkesworth
Publisher : Springer
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137514165

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Gender and Power by Mino Vianello,Mary Hawkesworth Pdf

Despite explicit commitments to gender equality, women experience complex modes of disadvantage and discrimination in all nations of the world. Offering sophisticated insights into the persistence of gendered differences in opportunities, roles, power, and rights in societies across the globe, this volume investigates factors that both enable and constrain women's advancement. From intimate relations within families, to social norms, relations, ideologies, and structures of power, to political institutions, electoral systems, and public policies, the chapters analyze possibilities for and obstacles to inclusive democratic practices and identify interventions essential to enable democratic values to take root. Contributors from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the USA provide detailed assessments of the social, economic, and political condition of women, their mobilizations to produce transform gendered power and authority in diverse nations, and their efforts to enhance the quality of their lives, their communities, and democratic governance.

Author : Jianlin Chen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107170179

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The Law and Religious Market Theory by Jianlin Chen Pdf

A fresh descriptive and normative perspective on law and religion supported by comparative case studies of Greater China.

Author : R. Sooryamoorthy,Nene Ernest Khalema
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780197608494

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The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Africa by R. Sooryamoorthy,Nene Ernest Khalema Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Africa presents to a broad readership an accessible, comprehensive, up to date, and topical comparative analysis of sociological thinking in Africa. Sociological discourse about African societies has been challenging and difficult, due to a lack of both comprehensive analyses and holistic sociological evidence that covers Africa from past to present times. This Handbook brings together latest analyses of sociological phenomena from the best scholars working on numerous thematic areas. It provides contributions that locates African sociological thinking in historical context and takes a critical look at its current manifestations across the continent. This collection builds upon an existing body of literature which has demonstrated that while the analysis of African societies has long been an item on the agenda of sociologists worldwide, advances of the decolonial critique made notably by African scholars in Africa enhances the scholarship of the sociology of Africa. Thus, the collection is premised upon the understanding that in order to understand the sociology of Africa as significant intervention, the participation and representation of African ways of knowing and doing is a critical starting point. This Handbook comprises a series of scholarly and interdisciplinary perspectives on current debates over how best to unpack sociological imaginations in African context. The scholarly contributions, therefore, are based on both perspectives illustrating the importance of specificity in sociological phenomenon. The Handbook is arranged in seven parts: Context and Perspectives; Race, Ethnicity, and Religion; Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality; Medical Sociology: Political Economy and Development; Crime and Violence; and The Family and Education. Premised on the importance of African ways of knowing and doing, these chapters offer sociologists, researchers, and students an invaluable starting point for a fuller understanding of African sociology.