A New Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Identity

ISBN-13: 9780714684772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 230 str.

Stefania Panebianco; Antonio Badini

Opis

The aim of this book is not to make prescriptions, or to provide the reader with recipes for achieving stability in the Mediterranean, but rather to offer, through an interdisciplinary approach, a pluralistic vision of democracy, civil society, human rights and dialogue among civilizations, the aspects of the third volet of the EuroMediterranean Partnership (EMP). Instead of reviewing the content of the EMP, this volume focuses more upon actors and values than upon procedures and specific projects. What are the contradictions of democratization? How can the EMP strengthen and support civil society if it is so difficult to define what civil society is? Is there a unique scale of values when dealing with human rights? To what extent does a dialogue among civilizations lead to compatibility and coexistence? Some reflections are devoted to the identification of crucial issues uniting or separating the actors involved in and addressed by the EMP. These debated issues are tackled to indirectly highlight the achievements of and impediments to the Barcelona Process.

Spis treści

Introduction The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in Perspective: The Political and Institutional Context, Stefania Panebianco; Part 1 : DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; Chapter 1 A Challenge for EU Mediterranean Policy: Upgrading Democracy from Threat to Risk, Béchir Chourou; Chapter 2 Democratization and the Arab World: Different Perspectives and Multiple Options, Rodolfo Ragionieri; Chapter 3 The Foreign Policy of a Civilian Power? The European Union in the Mediterranean, Stelios Stavridis, Justin Hutchence; Part 2 : TOWARDS A DYNAMIC ROLE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY; Chapter 4 Civil Society in the Euro-Mediterranean Arena, Fifi Benaboud; Chapter 5 The EuroMed Civil Forum: Critical ‘Watchdog’ and Intercultural Mediator, Annette Jünemann; Chapter 6 Civil Society, God and Cousins: The Case of the Middle East, Youssef Mouawad; Part 3 : HUMAN RIGHTS: MEETING UNIVERSAL STANDARDS?; Chapter 7 Human Rights and Democracy in the European Legal Order: The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, Jamila HoufaidiSettar; Chapter 8 Human Rights in the Framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Overcoming the Culturalist-Universalist Divide, AbdelwahabBiad; Part 4 : DIALOGUE BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS; Chapter 9 Speaking the Same Language: The Benefits and Pitfalls of English, RaymondCohen; Chapter 10 Towards a Viable Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Partnership, Mohammad El-SayedSelim; Conclusion Towards a Mediterranean Cultural Identity, Stefania Panebianco; Bibliography Index;

O autorze

Stefania Panebianco