The civil society and democracy in Gulf and Maghreb countries (a comparative study)

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dc.creator	Mahmoud, Nahla
dc.date	7/5/2011
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-16T07:18:09Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-16T07:18:09Z
dc.date.issued	2012-01-16T07:18:09Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10526/2751
dc.description	Democracy is the optimal goal for many nations; however, reaching it is not an easy task as more efforts should be devoted, environment should be paved, and many roles should be played. Civil society organizations are supposed to have a fundamental role in the transformation to democracy. While the Arab countries before the Tunisian and Egyptian revolution lack democratic political systems, many scholars and donors believe that associations could help in pushing democracy. This paper focuses on two main sub region blocs in the Arab world which are the Gulf and the Maghreb. In Maghreb bloc the paper highlights the cases of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia; concerning the Gulf countries the paper discusses the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) which are Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the Emirates. Both blocs have distinctive characteristics as sub regions within the Arab World. The paper discusses the current and the expected role of civil society in pushing the political reform and democracy in the Arab countries.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	A paper submitted to a conference in Cambridge, the Gulf Research meeting.	en
dc.format.medium	papers (document genres)	en
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	Author retains all rights with regard to copyright.	en
dc.subject	Civil society	en
dc.subject	Democracy	en
dc.subject	Persian Gulf	en
dc.subject	Maghreb	en
dc.subject.classification	Other publications	en
dc.title	The civil society and democracy in Gulf and Maghreb countries (a comparative study)	en
dc.type	Text	en
dc.contributor.sponsor	American University in Cairo. Dept. of Public Policy and Administration
dc.rights.access	This item is available.	en