Role of social networks and paperless citizens' claims processing in strengthening democracy in the Arab world: The case of Morocco: Towards a CIRM ∗ across the state

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Amine Elmahfoudi ◽  
Awatif Hayar ◽  
Serge Miranda ◽  
Vincent Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Arab World ◽  
The State

Mobility in the Margins

Transfers ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gopa Samanta ◽  
Sumita Roy
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
The State ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Marginal Status ◽  
Kolkata City

This article examines the marginal mobilities of hand-pulled rickshaws and rickshaw-pullers in Kolkata, India. It traces the politics of rickshaw mobilities, showing how debates about modernity and the informal economy frequently overshadow the experience of the marginalized community of hand-rickshaw pullers. It shows how the hand-pulled rickshaw rarely becomes the focus of research or debate because of its marginal status—technologically (being more primitive than the cycle rickshaw); geographically (operating only in Kolkata city); and in terms of the social status of the operators (the majority being Bihari migrants in Kolkata). Drawing upon both quantitative and qualitative research, this study focuses on the backgrounds of the rickshaw-pullers, their strategies for earning livelihoods, the role of social networks in their life and work, and their perceptions of the profession—including their views of the state government's policy of seeking to abolish hand-pulled rickshaws. The article concludes by addressing the question of subalternity.

scholarly journals Comics in the Arab world. Birth and spread of a new literary genre

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Emanuela De Blasio
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
The West ◽  
Arab Culture ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Shed Light

The research focuses on the birth and development of the comics, a new literary genre in the Arab world. The paper takes into account the dynamics of the advent of comics in the first Arab countries until to our days when comics began to appeal to an adult audience, sometimes taking inspiration from material from the West, sometimes referring to traditional elements of Arab culture. With the advent of the Arab revolutions, this genre has become more widespread and has also been used by artists to express dissent and criticism. Following the fall of dictatorial regimes in some Arab countries, the power of censorship has diminished; this has allowed the proliferation of different types of comics, also thanks to the fundamental role of social networks and the Internet. Through the examination of comics in the Arab world it is possible to shed light on a new literary genre and it is possible to trace the lines of the evolution of its themes and language.

Social and Political Processes of State and Society

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-216
Author(s):  
Himanshu Jha
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
The State ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
State And Society ◽  
The Press ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right

This Chapter examines the processes around state and society, traces the role of social networks outside the state realm, and conceptualizes these processes as the complementarity of state and society, where strong ideational linkages led to the formation of an ‘epistemic network’. These processes played a significant role in the final phase of the enactment of the Right to Information Act. The period covered in this chapter coincides with the latter half of the second phase. This chapter establishes that mainstream politics converged with the emerging socio-political processes led by the elite within the social movement, judiciary, the press, bureaucracy, and the academia. This convergence needs to be viewed as one of state–society synergy, where the collective ‘epistemic push’ of actors from both within the state and society ‘tips over’ the institution from ‘secrecy’ to ‘openness’.

Sin familia en México

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Juan Olvera ◽  
Carolina Muela
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
The State ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Identification Processes ◽  
Informal Groups

Este trabajo describe las estéticas de jóvenes deportados que tuvieron experiencia carcelaria en prisiones del estado de Texas y que conviven, desde su regreso a México, en un mercado popular de Monterrey. Música, peluquería y tatuaje son revisados desde tres perspectivas: como estilos de vida constructores de subjetividad; como economías de resistencia; y como articuladores de comunidad que facilitan comunicación y acción alrededor de grupos informales, crews u organizaciones transnacionales paracarcelarias, como Tango Blast. La reflexión se centra en la construcción de redes sociales alternativas y el rol de las prácticas estéticas como facilitadoras de procesos de identificación, pertenencia e integración. This article describes the aesthetics of young deported men who have had prison experience in the state of Texas and now coexist, since their return to Mexico, in a popular market in Monterrey. Music-making, hairdressing and tattooing are discussed through three frameworks: as lifestyle builders of their subjectivity; as economies of resistance; and as articulators of community that facilitate communication and action between informal groups, crews or transnational prison organizations, like Tango Blast. The discussion focuses on the construction of alternative social networks and the role of aesthetic practices as facilitative of identification processes, membership and integration.

scholarly journals THREATS, CONFLICTS AND WARS: THE ROLE OF ISRAEL IN SECURING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

2015 ◽  
pp. 72-82
Author(s):  
kehinde Moses Ige
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Arab World ◽  
The State ◽  
Jewish State ◽  
Sovereign State ◽  
Political Differences ◽  
State Of Affairs

The state of Affairs in the Middle East has been unstable for about a century. The emergence of Israel as a Sovereign state stirred both ideological, historical, religious, and political differences. Thus, in a volatile Middle East, Israel has had to not only survive but thrive against all odds. The present Israel-Palestine conflict is merely a reflection of the long-standing crisis in the Middle East and a continuous attempt of the majority of the Arab world to ensure the destruction of the only Jewish state. Irrespective of Israel's desire and subsequent attempts at facilitating peace in the Middle East, there remain direct and indirect forces, both external and internal who deem the instability and crisis in the Middle East as favorable and profitable. It is on this backdrop that this paper critically explores the concept of threats, conflicts, and wars with an emphasis on the Israeli-Palestine Crisis as well as the inherent forces and culprits responsible for perpetuating the crises in the Middle East to define Israel's role in securing peace in the Middle East.

scholarly journals Poetry in the Era of Social Networks: The Case of Faraḥ Šammā

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela De Blasio
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cultural Tradition

The research focuses on the linguistic and content analysis of the poems of the young poetess of Palestinian origin Faraḥ Šammā. The peculiarity of this artist consists in using the Internet and in particular videos on YouTube to recite her poems orally. As a Spoken Word artist, Faraḥ Šammā has grasped in the tool of video channels the way to transmit her compositions as she does in the course of her live performances. Starting from a reflection on the role of orality and poetry in the Arab cultural tradition and on how this literary form is inserted in the context of the new digital communication media, the work focuses on examining the thematic and linguistic aspects of the selected corpus. The goal is to extend the analysis to other forms of poetry, less conventional but which can help to open a wider glimpse into the knowledge of new literary phenomena in the Arab world.

Clerks, Crowns, and Consumers

2020 ◽  
pp. 166-188
Author(s):  
Stephen Farrall ◽  
Susanne Karstedt
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The State ◽  
Belief Structures ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter is devoted to an in-depth analysis of the relationship between victimization and offending among people acting as citizens and consumers. The chapter starts with an examination, relying upon structural equation modelling, of how experiences of victimization are turned into intentions to offend, and actual offending via various belief structures, and attitudes. Following this it explores beliefs about the role of the state and the role of social networks. Finally, these are brought together in one model which examines the role of a variety of routes of transmission from victimization to offending.

scholarly journals The role of multimedia communication in the Arab Spring

Obraz ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (31) ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
Hanna Verbytska
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Large Population ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Arab Spring

Introduction. Social media in the Arab world before the Arab Spring were described as marginal, alternative, and elitist, and their impact was minimal due to low Internet access. The events of 2011 across the Arab world caused the rise of “social media”. However, their role in recent events remains unclear. Relevance and purpose. The Arab Spring caused the study not only of the driving forces of this phenomenon but also its impact on the development of social networks. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to identify the role of modern information and communication technologies in the protest movements of the Arab world. Methodology. General and specific methods based on objective laws of social communication, including logical and dialectical, method of analysis and synthesis, and abstract-logical method are used. Results. Nowadays social and political context has proven the Internet to be perhaps the most effective means of communication which can quickly reach and involve large population groups. In this case, the Internet is a unifying communication factor on three levels – personal, group, and mass. Particular attention should be paid to a new phenomenon on the Internet, which can be described as the “virtual solidarity of people”, who are online. It dramatically revealed itself during the Arab Revolutions in 2011, when large numbers of strangers united, planned, and organized joint political protests using social networks. Conclusions. The Internet is an effective tool for creating and destroying social actors. It acts both as a means of influence and as a means of obtaining information. The Internet usage by the opposing parties either in communication or confrontation between different groups enables the formation of different models of political development and political processes on vast territories. Thus, during the Arab Spring, we observed the emergence of two models – the Tunisian and the Arabian (in simple terms – revolutionary and stabilizing). In both cases, the borrowing (reception) of Western principles of political culture is present, but the main difference between them lies in the means of implementation in society. At that, both cases are characterized by focusing on national traditions and preserving the Muslim religion. Keywords: social networks; social communication; internet; Arab Spring; social actors.

State Policy on the Development of Tourism and Hospitality in the Arab World (on the Example of UAE)

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
М. Алхаммуд ◽  
M. Alhammud
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
The State ◽  
The World ◽  
Important Player ◽  
Strategy Planning ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

The article considers factors of tourism development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The role of strategy, planning and management of this process by the state is shown. It is argued that the state’s adjusted policy has played an equally important role in the development of tourism in the country than large petrodollar investments. The role of clusters and major projects in the transformation of the UAE into an important player in the world tourism market is analyzed.

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