Multiculturalism And Democracy In North Africa

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317813626
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa written by Moha Ennaji and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the connections between multiculturalism, minorities, citizenship, and democracy in North Africa, this book argues that multiculturalism in this region– and in the Arab world at large – has reached a significant level in terms of scale and importance. In the rest of the world, there has been a trend – albeit a contested one – toward a greater recognition of minority rights. The Arab world however, particularly North Africa, seems to be an exception to this trend, as Arab states continue to promote highly unitary and homogenizing ideas of nationhood and state unity, whilst discouraging, or even forbidding, minority political mobilization. The central theoretical premise of this book is that North Africa is a multicultural region, where culture is inherently linked to politics, religion, gender, and society, and a place where democracy is gradually taking root despite many political and economic hurdles. Addressing the lacuna in literature on this issue, this book opens new avenues of thought and research on diversity, linking policy based on cultural difference to democratic culture and to social justice. Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa will be of use to students and researchers with an interest in Sociology, Cultural Studies, and Political Science more broadly.

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781527512658
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy, Culture, and Social Change in North Africa written by Moha Ennaji and published by . This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume serves to make sense of the political, cultural, and social change that has occurred in North Africa since the Arab Spring. It includes a number of contributions which address the issue of democracy and cultural identity. The book points to the fact that North Africa needs a workable paradigm for political order, which answers to the economic, social, and cultural challenges and peculiarities of African society in an increasingly globalizing world. This will require that we eschew a 'one-size-fits-all' approach. The book, which targets students, academia, and civil society, argues that North Africa's solutions must be defined and advised by policies which reflect the cultural realities of the society they are intended to serve.

Author : Will Kymlicka
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317205502
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minority Politics in the Middle East and North Africa written by Will Kymlicka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Projects of democratic reform in the Middle East and North Africa have said little about the place of minorities and minority rights in their vision of reform, implying that these issues are best deferred to some indefinite future. While many people describe the Arab Spring as a ‘battle for pluralism’, there is a reluctance to discuss what this pluralism might actually mean for the political claims of minorities, for fear of triggering divisive conflicts and undemocratic tendencies. Is there an alternative to this fearful deferral of minority politics? Can we imagine ‘transformative minority politics’ – that is, a form of minority politics that strengthens democratic reform in the region, and that helps deepen a culture of human rights and democratic citizenship? This volume explores whether this is indeed a realistic prospect in the Middle East and North Africa, examining cases that include the Amazigh in North Africa, the Copts in Egypt, the Kurds in Iraq, the Palestinians in Israel, the ‘minoritarian’ regimes in Syria and Bahrain, and various ethnic minorities in Iran. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527512665
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy, Culture, and Social Change in North Africa written by Moha Ennaji and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume serves to make sense of the political, cultural, and social change that has occurred in North Africa since the Arab Spring. It includes a number of contributions which address the issue of democracy and cultural identity. The book points to the fact that North Africa needs a workable paradigm for political order, which answers to the economic, social, and cultural challenges and peculiarities of African society in an increasingly globalizing world. This will require that we eschew a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. The book, which targets students, academia, and civil society, argues that North Africa’s solutions must be defined and advised by policies which reflect the cultural realities of the society they are intended to serve.

Author : Bruce Berman
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity & Democracy in Africa written by Bruce Berman and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The politics of identity and ethnicity are resurgent. Civil society, whose revival was much vaunted, was riven by communal tensions particularly of ethnicity and religion. The contributors address questions such as: Why is ethnicity a political problem? How is the problem manifested? Which institutional models offer ways of ameliorating the challenges that ethnicity poses to democratic nation-building?".--BOOKJACKET.

Author : Bruce Berman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782049920
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ETHNICITY AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA. written by Bruce Berman and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527549976
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Cultural Diversity in the Mediterranean Region written by Moha Ennaji and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the various cultures and religions of Mediterranean countries, and discusses issues related to managing diversity and minority rights, and the role of intercultural and interreligious dialogue. It centers on the interconnectedness between culture, politics, religion, gender, race, migration, and language. To promote a fruitful exchange, the volume considers approaches that integrate social, economic, cultural, religious and political dimensions, and surveys the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of multiculturalism. The contributions gathered here also debate issues relating to history, modernity, cultural specificities of the region, and their role in the consolidation of peace, democracy, social justice, and development. The book uses an analytic framework coupled with a synthetic method, while providing a roadmap to achieve a better management of pluralism in the Mediterranean area, which will help different populations to live together in harmony and to continue their battle for broadmindedness, acceptance, and coexistence.

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781569024041
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minorities, Women, and the State in North Africa written by Moha Ennaji and published by . This book was released on 2014-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mino Vianello
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137514167
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender and Power written by Mino Vianello and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite explicit commitments to gender equality, women experience complex modes of disadvantage and discrimination in all nations of the world. Offering sophisticated insights into the persistence of gendered differences in opportunities, roles, power, and rights in societies across the globe, this volume investigates factors that both enable and constrain women's advancement. From intimate relations within families, to social norms, relations, ideologies, and structures of power, to political institutions, electoral systems, and public policies, the chapters analyze possibilities for and obstacles to inclusive democratic practices and identify interventions essential to enable democratic values to take root. Contributors from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the USA provide detailed assessments of the social, economic, and political condition of women, their mobilizations to produce transform gendered power and authority in diverse nations, and their efforts to enhance the quality of their lives, their communities, and democratic governance.

Author : Daniel Křížek
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498547249
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Arab Spring in North Africa written by Daniel Křížek and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores specific problems related to the phenomenon of the Arab Spring in North Africa. These topics include sexual minorities, youth, and gender issues, as well as broader themes covering the ideological, social, political, and religious backgrounds of the Arab Spring.