Social and Political Change in the Moslem-Arab World

This article looks at the literature on democratization in the Arab world, and links it to the ongoing political change since the ‘Arab Spring’. Whereas assessing the ongoing events in the Arab world as an ‘Arab Spring’ or revolution is still a matter of speculation, there is a need to re-examine the literature on democratization which is dominated by the hypothesis of Arab and Islamic exceptionalism. This article aims at presenting possible explanations for these theoretical perspectives in light of the ongoing debate on definition, characterization and interpretation of what is actually happening in the Arab world, amidst contradicting representation of facts and data. The study concludes that defining the ‘Arab Spring’ as democratic transformation is a premature judgement. What is happening, instead, can be considered a ‘transition from authoritarianism’. Democratic transition depends on a number of factors that allow for building democratic political institutions and at the same time, diminishing the possibilities of renewal of autocracy and authoritarianism in the Arab world.

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Beyond Democratization: Political Change in the Arab World

Political Science and Politics ◽

10.2307/420213 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 507 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carrie Rosefsky Wickham

Keyword(s):

Political Change ◽

Arab World

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A Modest Transformation: Political Change in the Arab World after the “Arab Spring”

The Arab Spring ◽

10.1057/9781137344045_3 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 33-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eva Bellin

Keyword(s):

Arab Spring ◽

Political Change ◽

Arab World ◽

The Arab Spring

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Pensée 3: New Media in the Arab World

International Journal of Middle East Studies ◽

10.1017/s002074380707105x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 39 (4) ◽

pp. 534-535

Author(s):

DAOUD KUTTAB

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Political Change ◽

Arab World ◽

Reform Process ◽

Young Generation ◽

Communication Tools ◽

Grass Roots ◽

Slow Pace

The reform process in the Arab world has been largely stagnant. Political change is moving at a very slow pace despite claims to the contrary by autocratic leaders. Whereas change from top to bottom is slow and at times nonexistent, change at the grass roots is another matter. For one thing, the population is becoming younger and younger, and this young generation of Arabs is being exposed to many new trends and communication tools, of which many older generation leaders are for the most part not even aware.

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Political change and the crisis of the nation state in the Arab world

10.21928/uhdiconfrpc.pp26-33 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ikram Adnani

Keyword(s):

Political Violence ◽

Political Change ◽

Arab World ◽

The State ◽

Political Anthropology ◽

Arab State ◽

The Political ◽

Social Changes ◽

National State ◽

The Status

The Political Change” is one of the concepts which are rooted in the Arab Intellectual Farbric.Recently, it was related to The National State crisis in the Arabic World,especially it had various manifestations such as the weaknesses of the Institutes and the Organs of the the State and its deficit to assert its authority in the all the State( Syria, Lybia, Somalia), its tripping to the State building and conscrate its legimitacy (Egypt) as well as cristallizing a common identity in order to attract higher Loyalty (Liban). The situation in the Arab world, after years of movement, threatens the existence of certain States and also the regimes that have led them to achieve this deteriorating situation, as well as the future of a democratic and unitary State in the context of the current political violence. This study therefore attempts to approach the national state crisis in the Arab world by using anumber of sociological data and some concepts of political anthropology to understand the political and social changes that have affected the Arab world, assuming that the Arab State is experiencing a real crisis and that various political changes, primarily democratic mobility, have not been possible. ""The Arab Spring"" from being transferred to the status of the modern State, the State of institutions based on full citizenship and the guarantee of rights and freedoms. The national State is supposed to be a neutral State, and it must not belong to a particular organ or to the control of a specific party. It is a State for all citizens with different religious, racial and ethnic views. Any change in this equation would be a prelude to an internal explosion among the various components of society, particularly by the most affected groups.

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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World

10.3998/mpub.12237894 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Lisa Blaydes ◽

Amr Hamzawy ◽

Hesham Sallam

Keyword(s):

Political Change ◽

Arab World

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Setting the Record Straight: The Literary History of Women Writers in the Arab World

Al-Raida Journal ◽

10.32380/alrj.v0i0.219 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 84-87

Author(s):

Faten Morsy

Keyword(s):

Women Writers ◽

Literary History ◽

Political Change ◽

Arab World ◽

Literary Tradition ◽

Arabic Literature ◽

Arab Women ◽

History Of ◽

Women's Tradition

Is there a distinctive women's tradition in Arabic literature?To what extent are Arab women writers engaged in the process of social and political change in their respective countries? What are the cultural and politicalforces that helped shape the female literary tradition in the Arab world? These are some of the questions addressed in this extensive and informative reference onthe literary history of Arab women writers.

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