Civil Society In The Arab World
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Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World
Author | : Tania Haddad,Elie Al Hindy |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2018-06-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780429871177 |
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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.
Civil Society and Democratization in the Arab World
Author | : Francesco Cavatorta,Vincent Durac |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2010-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781136963377 |
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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.
Civil Society and Democratization in the Arab World
Author | : Francesco Cavatorta,Vincent Durac |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2010-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781136963384 |
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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.
Civil Society in the Middle East
Author | : Augustus R. Norton |
Publsiher | : Social, Economic and Political |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : UVA:X002563452 |
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North Africa. By Alan Richards
Civil Society in the Arab World
Author | : Nawwāf Salām |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Civil society |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105122919751 |
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Civil society in the Middle East 2 2001
Author | : Augustus Richard Norton |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9004104690 |
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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.
Women Civil Society and Policy Change in the Arab World
Author | : Nasser Yassin,Robert Hoppe |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2019-03-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9783030020897 |
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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'.
Civil Society in the Middle East Volume 1
Author | : Norton |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2022-04-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789004492592 |
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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.