The state and civil society in Africa : a North African perspective

The concept of civil society is one of the most controversial in cultural and political circles in both of the Arab and African Worlds. Yet, it did not receive the appropriate attention of both its advocates and its detractors, who consider it to be the product of an alien civilization. Furthermore,...

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Autor principal: Hassan, Hamdy Abdel Rahman - Autor/a
Formato: Text draft Artículo
Lenguaje:Eng
Publicado: CEA, Centro de Estudios Avanzados, UNC, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2010
Materias:
Sociedad civil
Movimientos sociales
Estado
Política
Islam
Burocracia
Social movements
Civil society
North African Sates
Acceso en línea:http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/collect/ar/ar-001/index/assoc/D283.dir/rahman.pdf
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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Sumario:The concept of civil society is one of the most controversial in cultural and political circles in both of the Arab and African Worlds. Yet, it did not receive the appropriate attention of both its advocates and its detractors, who consider it to be the product of an alien civilization. Furthermore, the concept of civil Society was misused for political purposes, as, for example, some North African States reverted to it in order to exclude the formations of political Islam. On the other hand, Arab movements of opposition and political dissent, resort to the same concept to entrench themselves against state oppression and authoritarianism. Thus this study is based on the premise that the existence of a real Civil Society, independent of both State and Family, and based on the concepts of civilization and tolerance, will lead to full integration on all national, regional and continental levels

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