The Power of Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa: Peace-Building, Change, and Development

ISBN-13: 9780367728755 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 178 str.

Ibrahim Natil; Chiara Pierobon; Lilian Tauber

Opis

This book investigates the power of civil society in the Middle East and North Africa, in the context of the post-Arab Spring era, as well as more long-standing challenges and constraints in the region.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Introducing Civil Society 3. The Power of Civil Society: Young Leaders’ Engagement in Non-Violent Actions in Palestine 4. Challenges Confronting Religious Civil Society in Peace-Building: What Lessons can Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Countries Learn from Nigeria?  5. Social Entrepreneurship, Civil Society, and Foreign Aid in Jordan: Addressing Issues of Self-Sustainability and Continuity 6. Moroccan Civil Society After the 2011 Constitutional Reforms: The Case of the Women’s Movement 7. Unions and the Struggle for Political Emancipation in Niger Republic 8. Human Rights Organisations and Navigating the Political Configuration of Power in post-2011 Egypt 9. Framing the Green Movement and the 2017–18 Iranian Protests by Kayhan Newspaper  10. Participation Modes and Influence Strategies of Large Environmental NGOs 11. Conclusion

O autorze

Ibrahim Natil is a Lecturer in Politics and Business at the Centre for Talented Youth Ireland (CTYI) and a Research Fellow at the Institute of International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction (IICRR), Dublin City University, Ireland.

Chiara Pierobon is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at Bielefeld University, Germany and Associate Researcher at the St. Petersburg/Bielefeld Center for German and European Studies (CGES/ZDES).

Lilian Tauber is a PhD candidate and Teaching Assistant at Durham University, UK