Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The concept of civil society is one of the most controversial in cultural\nand political circles in both of the Arab and African Worlds. Yet, it did\nnot receive the appropriate attention of both its advocates and its\ndetractors, who consider it to be the product of an alien civilization.\nFurthermore, the concept of civil Society was misused for political\npurposes, as, for example, some North African States reverted to it in\norder to exclude the formations of political Islam. On the other hand,\nArab movements of opposition and political dissent, resort to the same\nconcept to entrench themselves against state oppression and\nauthoritarianism. Thus this study is based on the premise that the\nexistence of a real Civil Society, independent of both State and Family,\nand based on the concepts of civilization and tolerance, will lead to\nfull integration on all national, regional and continental levels
Source: Americanae (AECID Library)
Author: Hamdy A. Hassan
Institution: Zayed University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2129796745