LEADER 03010oam 2200661I 450 001 9910814680603321 005 20230725025457.0 010 $a1-136-96338-3 010 $a1-282-91331-X 010 $a9786612913310 010 $a0-203-85058-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203850589 035 $a(CKB)2670000000056013 035 $a(EBL)592928 035 $a(OCoLC)689996530 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000434500 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12119768 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000434500 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10415456 035 $a(PQKB)10763084 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC592928 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL592928 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10432344 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL291331 035 $a(OCoLC)778919078 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000056013 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCivil society and democratization in the Arab world $ethe dynamics of activism /$fFrancesco Cavatorta and Vincent Durac 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;$v22 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-78022-7 311 $a0-415-49129-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of organizations - interviews; Introduction; 1 Civil society in the Arab world; 2 Associational life under authoritarian constraints; 3 Algeria; 4 Morocco; 5 Jordan; 6 Yemen; 7 Lebanon; 8 The dynamics of civic activism in the Arab world; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe transition paradigm has traditionally viewed civil society activism as an essential condition for the establishment of democracy. The democracy promotion strategies of Western policy-makers have, therefore, been based on strengthening civil society in authoritarian settings in order to support the development of social capital -to challenge undemocratic regimes.This book questions the validity of the link between an active associational life and democratization. It examines civil society in the Arab world in order to illustrate how authoritarian constraints structure civil 410 0$aRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;$v22. 606 $aCivil society$zArab countries 606 $aDemocratization$zArab countries 607 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aCivil society 615 0$aDemocratization 676 $a320.917/4927 700 $aCavatorta$b Francesco.$0863183 701 $aDurac$b Vincent$01637201 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814680603321 996 $aCivil society and democratization in the Arab world$93978896 997 $aUNINA