New Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Identity [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457725803321
• Autore: Panebianco Stefania
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-07898-7; 0-203-50841-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/2401822; 306.19822
• Soggetti: Democracy; European Union countries - Economic policy; Human rights; Human rights - European Union countries; Political culture; Political culture - Mediterranean Region; Democracy - Mediterranean Region; Human rights - Mediterranean Region; Europe - General; Regions & Countries - Europe; History & Archaeology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; A NEW EURO-MEDITERRANEAN CULTURAL IDENTITY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Foreword by Antonio Badini; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in Perspective: The Political and Institutional Context; Part I: Democratization in the Mediterranean Countries; 1. A Challenge for EU Mediterranean Policy: Upgrading Democracy from Threat to Risk; 2. Democratization and the Arab World: Different Perspectives and Multiple Options; 3. The Foreign Policy of a Civilian Power? The European Union in the Mediterranean; Part II: Towards a Dynamic Role for Civil Society4. Civil Society in the Euro-Mediterranean Arena; 5. The EuroMed Civil Forum: Critical 'Watchdog' and Intercultural Mediator; 6. Civil Society, God and Cousins: The Case of the Middle East; Part III: Human Rights: Meeting Universal Standards?; 7. Human Rights and Democracy in the European Legal Order: the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership; 8. Human Rights in the Framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Overcoming the Culturalist Universalist Divide; Part IV: Dialogue between Civilizations; 9. Speaking the Same Language: the Benefits and Pitfalls of English10. Towards a Viable Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Partnership; Conclusion: Towards a Mediterranean Cultural Identity; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership was formed in 1995 in Barcelona. In this volume, concepts of democracy, civil society, human rights and dialogue among civilizations in the Mediterranean region are addressed in the context of the new Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.