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Bush has provided a unifying theme with respect to the need to embed the values of freedom and democracy in the middle east.... The issue with respect to the democratization of the middle east began in the so-called Western policy circles.... Key officials, policy-makers and other high ranking people in the United States of America have greatly considered the need to democratize the middle east, giving it more thought than how they addressed the matter ten years or so ago....
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Dissertation
Saudi Arabia, despite the religious conservatism of its society, has one of the largest groups of liberal reformists in any country in the middle east.... The third element in this situation, unique to countries in the middle east that have a strong Islamic following, is the religious leaders, the ulama, who oversee all aspects of social and political life to ascertain their compliance with the teachings of Islam.... civil society and Religious Figures in Saudi Arabia Amna ALSamarrai Director Supervisor Introduction The era of colonial dominance, the end of the cold war and the gulf war have played a major role in shaping the political and socio-cultural context both directly and indirectly in the Arab and Muslim world, especially in Middle East and North Africa....
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Dissertation
Particular attention is given to the democratic development model out of various models of democracy in the West.... Various stakeholders of the concept of greater social welfare such as politicians, trade unionists and industrialists could not hold the torch together any more but the concept of equality and justice for all cleared the path of a comprehensive program of state intervention in civil society.... The purpose of electoral democracy is to promote social and political awareness but this notion inclines to provide greater attention to the ‘professionalization of public policy' by laying increased focus on political parties and civil society ignoring the fact that democracy is not only of the people and by the people but for the people....
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Research Paper
Title: POLITICAL SYSTEMS in the middle east AND NORTH AFRICA and number: Date submitted: POLITICAL SYSTEMS in the middle east AND NORTH AFRICA Islam constitutes a source of both legitimacy and illegitimacy to some Arab regimes”, discuss this statement.... By implication, Islamic religious practice has been made to dominate in most contemporary political systems in the middle east and North Africa.... The Iranian Revolution in 1979 is perhaps considered as the biggest military success in an Arab regime, even though some other examples of military regimes exist in other parts of the middle east and North Africa (Ghalioun and Costopoulos, 2004)....
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Essay
This essay looks into the external and internal barriers affecting democratization in the middle east.... There has been growing interest over the years in the middle east region.... hirdly, the concept of democracy is unfamiliar in the foundations of Islam which is the main religion in the region.... In other terms, democracy is irreconcilable with the Muslim religion....
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Essay
Islam has the tendency of legitimizing leadership to itarianism in the middle east itarianism in the middle east Introduction itarianism is a form of governance characterized by absolute disregard to the rule of law or due process executed against citizens' freedom and associated with the expectation of unquestioning obedience.... auses of Persistence of Authoritarianism in the middle east The political culture and Islam is a major cause of the persistence of authoritarianism in the Middle East1....
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Essay
The paper "Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East" focuses on the critical analysis of the evaluation of the possible obstacles to democracy in the middle east.... hile some of the Arab Springs were successful in ousting old dictators, evidence shows that the Arab Springs have not been successful in bringing democracy in the middle east.... the middle east has now witnessed two Arab Springs.... Indeed, evidence shows that the majority of the middle east countries are ruled by autocratic leaders and dictators who disregard the rule of law....
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Coursework
Scholars have argued that imperialism during colonization was particularly significant for countries in the middle east and North Africa (MENA).... Conflict and tensions between the middle east and Western powers are rooted in political and cultural/religious differences.... This resistance to empire is deeply rooted in resentments developed during colonial dominance, resulting in nationalism in the post-colonial era which cumulatively gave way to resistance countered by persistent interference by the West and especially the US within the middle east and promulgations of nationalism were complicated by the Gulf War which brought an international community into a Middle East conflict (Alkadry, 2004)....
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