Dangerous Alliances: Civil Society, the Media and Democratic Transition in North

Description: Dangerous Alliances by Lise Garon A study of contemporary politics in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This study of Magrebs highly erratic encounter with democratization illuminates the complex and diverse encounters between civil society and the authorities in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. As opposition has built up in each society, those in power have confronted the pressures for democratization. The author examines the role of the media in particular - both within these countries and internationally - as contested, but often compliant, terrain between governments and dissidents. She uses a dynamic systems model, incorporating the existence of fundamental conflict, to show how democratic institutions can become institutionalized, and the constant possibility of any democratic transition being reversed. Author Biography LISE GARON is professor of political communication at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. She chairs the International Political Science Associations research committee on political processes in North Africa, and has conducted fieldwork in the region over many years. Table of Contents * Acknowledgements* Preface by Clovis Demers* Introduction* Part I: The Public Arena in the Maghreb: Convergences and Divergences*1. Setting the Stage*2. Tunisia: The Domination of Platos Cave*3. The Tunisian Transition to Democracy Did Not Take Place*4. I am the State*5. A Police State*6. A Legal System in Captivity*7. Alternation in Office Impossible*8. Tunisia: The Submission to Platos Cave*9. Tunisian Civil Society before Its Collapse*10. The Fatal Alliance*11. The Destruction of Al-Nahdha*12. The Undermining of the Tunisian League for Human Rights*13. Tunisia: Locking Up Platos Cave*14. Disadvantaged Media*15. How the Tunisian Media Were Neutralized*16. Survival Strategies*17. The Happy Agenda*18. Relations with the Foreign Press*19. Banning International Human Rights Monitoring*20. Algeria: The Children of Jocasta*21. The Birth of Civil Society*22. The Oedipus Temptation*23. The Unfinished Business of Remaking the Public Arena*24. The Press and Its Role in Political Developments*25. Between Open Dissidence and Moderate Opposition: Prospects for a Rebirth*26. Morocco: The Slow Ascent of Sisyphus*27. The Amaoui Affair*28. A Long Pluralistic Tradition*29. A Moroccan Model for the Construction of a Civil Society*30. Facilitating Factors and Obstacles*31. Conclusion: The Public Political Arena in the Maghreb* Part II: The Aftermath of Dangerous Alliances: Transformations and Continuities in the Political Arena*32. Between Cries and Whispers*33. Happy Tunisia: The Authorized Account*34. A Dream for Tourists and Foreign Investors*35. The Security Mania*36. The Show Democracy: Arguments and Techniques of Stage-Setting*37. The Quest for International Approval*38. Propaganda Achievements*39. The International Press and the Algerian Guardians of Democracy*40. The Rhetoric of Objectivity*41. How the International Press Took Sides in the Algerian Conflict*42. The Rebuilding of a Pluralistic Public Forum by the International Press*43. Tunisian Dissident Information Networks*44. Unarmed Prophets*45. In European Circles*46. Internal Dissidence*47. Discrediting Dissidents*48. The State of Tunisian Dissidence*49. Islam: Dismantling a Clich* Propositions:* Religion is a Marginal Theme in the Press* Islam is Not the Explanation for Everything* Culturally, Islam is also a Product of Maghrebs Political Systems* Freedom or Tyranny? Perspectives in the Maghreb* Algeria* Tunisia* Toward a Sociology of Citizenship in a Globalizing World* A Political Systems Model* The Classical Democratic Model* A Dynamic Conflictual Model of Democracy* Democratic Transitions are Reversible* The International Medias Connivance with Dictatorships* Reversing the Spiral of Silence* Bibliography* Index Review Garons most important contribution, the one which still stand the test of time, [is] her methodical examination of the coming together of a power-hungry leader and a civil society content to let him wield it...The painstaking research, rigorous analysis and clearly defined conclusions make this book an excellent teaching tool, widely relevant beyond Tunisia and the Maghreb. Clovis Demers, President, Human Rights Internet One of the best investigations ever offered on the three countries that make up the Maghreb: Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Robert Menard, Director, Reporters Sans Frontieres Analyses the web of concealment, distortion, and misinformation which anaesthetizes citizens awareness not just in the Third World, but also and especially in the West... a thought-provoking work Jacques Zylberg, Laval University, Canada Long Description This book provides an analytically original and empirically rich study of the Maghrebs highly erratic encounter with democratization in recent years.It is an illuminating study of the complex and very diverse encounters between civil society and the authorities in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, as opposition has built up in each society and those in power have confronted the pressures for democratization.The author provides a significant contribution to political sociologys understanding - via the development of a dynamic systems model that incorporates the existence of fundamental conflict - of how democratic institutions can become institutionalized, and of the constant possibility of any democratic transition being reversed. Review Quote "The painstaking research, rigorous analysis and clearly defined conclusions make this book an excellent teaching tool, widely relevant beyond Tunisia and the Maghreb." -- Clovis Demers, President, Human Rights Internet "One of the best investigations ever offered on the three countries that make up the Maghreb: Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia." -- Robert Menard, Director, Reporters Sans Frontieres "a thought-provoking work." -- Jacques Zylberg, Laval University, Canada Description for Bookstore This is an up-to-date and insightful account of modern politics in three crucial North African countries--Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, known together as the Maghreb. It examines the ways in which the outward forms of democratic governance can be emptied of content, specifically through a conjunction of a power-hungry leader and a quiescent civil society that allows him to wield this power. Details ISBN1842771612 Author Lise Garon Pages 224 Year 2003 ISBN-10 1842771612 ISBN-13 9781842771617 Format Paperback Publication Date 2003-06-01 Imprint Zed Books Ltd Subtitle Civil Society, the Media and Democratic Transition in North Africa Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from French DEWEY 320.961 Illustrations list of acronyms, notes, bibliography, index Short Title Dangerous Alliances Language English Media Book Audience College/Higher Education UK Release Date 2003-06-01 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC NZ Release Date 2003-06-01 AU Release Date 2003-05-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:130446868;

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