Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa - Aftermath of the Arab Spring

List of contents

Introduction: Contextualising Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa – Moha Ennaji Part I: Conceptualization and Historical Background 2 Colonial Legacies, National Identity and Challenges for Multiculturalism in the Contemporary Maghreb – Jonathan Wyrtzen 3 Algeria: Cultural Multiplicity and Unity Dialectics – Abderrezak Dourari Part II: The Berber Issue and Democratization 4 The Tension Between Arabophones and Berberophones in Algeria – Mohammed Benrabeh 5 Berber and Language Politics in the Moroccan Educational System – Fatima Sadiqi 6 The Berber (Amazigh) Movement in Morocco – Moha Ennaji Part III: Authoritarianism, Change and Cultural Diversity 7 Why No Arab Spring in Algeria – Belkacem Iratni 8 Race and Color in North Africa and the Arab Spring – Hamid Bahri Part IV: Islamism, Women and Media in Tunisia 9 Women’s Empowerment: the Case of Tunisia in the Arab Spring – Khedija Arfaoui 10 The Tunisian Media in Transition: From Manufacturing Consent to Manufacturing 'Discontent' – Nabil Cherni Part V: Multiculturalism and Minorities in Egypt 11 the Not-so-silent Minority: The Case of Egypt's Coptic Minority in Post Arab Uprising Egypt – Marlyn Tadros 12 Egypt: How the Revolution has Impacted the Debate over Minority Rights and Multiculturalism – Sara Khorshid 13 Claiming Space for Minorities in Egypt after the Arab Spring – Sherifa Zuhur Part VI: Socio-cultural and Political Transformations in Post-Qaddafi Libya 14 Multiculturalism and Democracy in Post-Qaddafi Libya – Ronald Bruce St John 15 Minorities in the New Libya – George Joffe

Summary

Investigating the connections between multiculturalism, minorities, citizenship, and democracy in North Africa, this book argues that multiculturalism in this region– and in the Arab world at large – has reached a significant level in terms of scale and importance.

Product details

• Authors: Moha (Fes University Ennaji
• Assisted by: Moha Ennaji (Editor), Ennaji Moha (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415738354
• ISBN: 978-0-415-73835-4
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, Middle East, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general