Les tragiques destinées de la démocratie arabe
The tragedy of Arabic democracy For a long time, the question of the democratization of the Arab world didn’t interest anyone in Europe, in the United States and even less so in the rest of the world. But after the announcement by the American president G.W. Bush stating his wish to change the...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Language: | Français |
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2004
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| Online Access: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | The tragedy of Arabic democracy For a long time, the question of the democratization of the Arab world didn’t interest anyone in Europe, in the United States and even less so in the rest of the world. But after the announcement by the American president G.W. Bush stating his wish to change the Arab political system, democracy, or rather the democratization of the Arab world, has found itself at the top of the international political agenda. In contrast to the commonly held assumption, the idea and practice of democracy are not at all foreign to contemporary Arab societies. During the second half of the 19th century, influenced by the philosophies stemming from the French Revolution, the Ottoman, Arab and Turkish elites were won over by the ideas of the constitutional monarchy, even by the Republic and democratic government... |
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