The Arab Spring – Late modernization or something else?

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

How much do you know about the Arab world? Mr. Khaled Kenawi TCLP Arabic exchange teacher Madison East High School.

Advertisements

Traditional clothes in Arab countries Manal El Gamal Manal El Gamal Madison East High school Madison East High school.

A RAB S PRING. W HERE ? Middle East & Northern Africa.

World Missions.

TRANSITION, TRANSFORMATION, AND DEMOCRATISATION IN THE MENA REGION 15th October, 2014 – CESEDEN, Madrid Professor Christian W Haerpfer President of World.

Who are the Persians, Arabs and Kurds and where are they located? (A very quick overview)

Middle East Political Map. Countries 1. Afghanistan 2. Algeria 3. Bahrain 4. Cyprus 5. Egypt 6. Iran.

Union of Arab Banks, Annual Arab Banking Conference, Beirut, November Andrew Cunningham Founder Darien Middle East.

Building Collaboration Arab Entrepreneur Partnership Forum April 2-3, 2011.

The Role of the State in ME & NA. Background European Colonialism: Britain : Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Sudan,

Youth Population & Employment in the Middle East & North Africa

The Middle East The The Arab World.

Connections 3.4.  What are the current events that you learned about yesterday regarding Chinese speaking countries? Be prepared to share.

Countries and culture.

Quiz! Big Quiz! When? 5A & 5B Mon 19th Nov, 5C Wed 21st Nov

Welcome to the ARAB SPRING! What is it, what do the people want, and what is going on?

Developing marketing strategy for middle east countries.

Maria Hamdouchi & De’Ahna Johnson. As Middle Eastern and Northern African countries experienced the Arab Spring, how did the United States and its respective.

League of Arab States جامعة الدول العربية By Vrishank Subramani.

1 “ The Growth Imperative: a MENA Perspective” Yassir Albaharna, FCII CEO, Arab Insurance Group (Arig) International Insurance Society Tuesday, 15 July.

Diabetes as a Global Health Problem The IDF meets the Challenge By Prof. Morsi Arab IDF Chairman MENA Region Prof. Morsi Arab IDF Chairman MENA Region.

Asia How much do you know?. Can you define Asia? Asia is the world’s largest continent Where is Asia? Asia is located in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. GIS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS capture, manage, analyze, and display geographic information/data (often layered on maps)

Middle East in Transition. Objectives Identify causes of the Arab Spring. Explore the role of social media in the uprising. Identify the connection to.

INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ARAB SPRING Melani Cammett Political Science Brown University.

{ The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mr. Sweet 12/04/2015.

The Audience Calls for submission for these Awards will be announced for Jordan, the Middle East and North Africa in March The announcements.

Southwest Asia North Africa. Afghanistan Southwest Asia.

Asia Afghanistan Armenia.

Jordan Morocco Saudi Arabia Algeria Yemen Tunisia Oman Libya

Middle East Map Mr. Nolen Penncrest High School Media, PA Mr. Nolen Penncrest High School Media, PA.

Arab Spring December 2010-present. After continued harassment by police and other officials, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire on a public street.

Employment for Persons with Disabilities David Morrissey, MPS Executive Director United States International Council on Disabilities

Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities Overall Decline in Social Hostilities in 2013, Though Harassment of Jews Worldwide Reached a Seven-Year.

3/2/2006 TRAVEL ARABIA Project Identification Buthayna Elabdalla Fouad Alibrahim.

FREEDOM HOUSE US Support for Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa

What to label… Middle East pg. 164, Countries: Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, West Bank*, Gaza*, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United.

What does the term Middle East mean? “Diversity & Nationalism”: Pg. 888.

The State of Democracy In the Contemporary World March 2 nd, 2004.

 In December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, after being publically humiliated by police officers, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in front of a government.

Human Trafficking in MENA/Region Mixed Migration in North Africa Human Trafficking/Regional Overview.

And the Rest of the Title Here Title of Your Presentation W. Cole Durham, Jr. Susa Young Gates Professor of Law and Director of the International Center.

Corruption in the Arab World

By: Ismail Lubbad: ESCWA Statistics Division

Lesson 2.4: Introduction to Arabic-speaking cultures

© The Author(s) Published by Science and Education Publishing.

The United Nations Established in 1945, with to maintain international peace and security , to develop friendly relations among nations, to cooperate.

Source: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2006

MIDDLE EAST Map work: the nations

TOPIC: Week 2 Lesson 1.

Travelogue Instructions

Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities

NS4053 Winter Term 2015 MENA Country Patterns

What is a Revolution?.

Countries and Landforms

What to label… Middle East North Africa

التعليم للجميع بحلول عام 2015:

Directions: Identify the names of the labeled countries

MIDDLE EAST INTERACTIVE MAP

Middle East Power Point

Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq

MENA Regulatory Authorities

LABEL ON MAP Countries: Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran,

Map of North Africa 1. Morocco 2. Libya 3. Tunisia 4. Algeria 5. Egypt

Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities

Countries and Landforms

INTRODUCTION TO PERSEPOLIS.

Middle Eastern Nations & Locations

Mrs. Fenton's Planet Hollywood brings you

Starter Last lesson, can you remember one area where a lot of net immigration was occurring?

Presentation transcript:

The Arab Spring – Late modernization or something else?

- Muhammed Bouazizi Ben Ali Mubarak Qadhafi Saleh? (1978/1990- )

(Al-Jazeera) Morocco Mauretania Algeria Tunisia Libya Sudan Egypt Djibouti Somalia Yemen Oman Saudi Arabia UAE Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Iraq Palestine Jordan Syria Lebanon

FreePartly FreeNot Free (Israel)LebanonAlgeria Bahrain Egypt Iraq Jordan Oman Qatar UAE Yemen (Iran) West Bank/Gaza Tunisia Saudi Arabia Syria Libya Sudan (Freedom House 2011)

Expectations for a democratization of the Arab World in the 1990s: -The fall of the USSR - The democratization of eastern Europe (and Central Asia) - The Arab-Israeli peace process initiated in New generation of leaders

1 liberalization 2 transition 3 consolidation Phases of democratization  ”system maintenance” Tunisia 23 October Libya April 2012 Egypt November March/April 2012

David Lerner (1958) The Passing of Traditional Society

What characterizes a ”modern society”? -value pluralism -welfare development -market economy -mass consumption -competitive democracy “Modernization is the internal achievement of a society” (Berger 1996)

Year Algeria ,659,667102,9 Egypt ,466,456,662,99,43,1 Libya ,988,359,867,8132,2 Morocco ,358,257,764,1103,4 Tunisia ,168,613,34,3 GDP/capita adult literacy rate life expectancy unemploy- corruption US $ % years ment rate % score 10-1

Year Iraq ---74,16168,5181,5 Jordan ,891,16273,111,94,7 Lebanon ,666,572,4102,5 West Bank/Gaza ---93,862,773, Syria ,784,76374,69,22,5 GDP/capita adult literacy life expectancy unemploy- corruption US$rate % years rate score 10-1

Year Bahrain ,890,067,476154,9 Kuwait ,594,570,377,91,54,5 Oman ,360,176,1155,3 Saudi A ,76173,39,22,5 Qatar ,166,1760,57,7 UAE ,59062,177,712,76,3 GDP/capita adult literacy life expectancy unemploy- corruption $ rate % years ment rate scale 10-1 Yemen ,763,246,754,435%2,2

10 worst internet enemies ) Burma 2) China 3) Cuba 4) Iran 5) North Korea 6) Saudi Arabia 7) Syria 8) Turkmenistan 9) Uzbekistan 10) Vietnam (Reporters without borders)

PriorDuringAfter State monopoly on information broken Breaking of taboos Human rights abuses reported Online discussions, avoiding bans on assembly and organization + sharpening of arguments Campaigns for political prisoners, victims of police brutality etc Mobilization Witness reports Provide journalists with information Show that there is a critical mass Create solidarity Spread from one state to the other Online discussions Role of new media (satellite channels, internet & social media)