Essays about: "Democracy Middle East"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Democracy Middle East.

  1. 1. The Humanitarian Border – A Paradox? : A Conceptual Analysis of Ambiguities and Contradictions in the Border Regime of the European Union

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

    Author : Gina Linnert; [2023]
    Keywords : Mediterranean Sea; European Union; Humanitarian Border; Humanitarian Borderwork; Borders; Mobility; Conceptual Analysis;

    Abstract : People have been migrating across the Mediterranean Sea between Africa and Europe for thousands of years. Since the 1990s, the Mediterranean has often been the only route for people to reach the EU due to the tightening of the EU border regime. READ MORE

  2. 2. Stalling Democracy in the Middle East : Failure of US Foreign Policy or Absence of Democratic Culture?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Erik Paananen; [2022]
    Keywords : Middle East; United States interventions; Democratic culture; Case studies; nationally representative public opinion surveys.;

    Abstract : The objective of this essay is to investigate whether the repeated failures to democratize in the Middle East depends on the United States' unsuccessful foreign policy or if it is caused by an absence of democratic culture, focusing primarily on Afghanistan whilst also including Iraq and Libya based on the criteria of having been the subject of US military incursion(s). The research made for this paper is based upon the case study method combined with a quantitative dataset from the Arab Barometer in order to measure democratic culture. READ MORE

  3. 3. Oil: a curse for gender equality? Evidence from Latin America

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Carolina Andrade Pazmino; [2021]
    Keywords : Resource Curse; Gender Equality; Latin America; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Latin America is considered the most unequal region of the world - and also, its second largest oil producer. Using prior research on resource curse and its potential effects on democracy in the mentioned area, combined with research on gender equality in the Middle East - this paper aims to explore the existence of a potential statistical relationship between oil and gender equality. READ MORE

  4. 4. DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARAB SPRING: SUCCESS FACTORS AND FAILURE CAUSES : Comparative analysis of Egypt and Tunisia

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Ali Al-Mohammad; [2021]
    Keywords : Middle East and North Africa; Arab Spring; Democratization; Egypt; Tunisia.;

    Abstract : The theme of this study will be the Arab Spring and democratization. The impact of the Arab Spring has, in one form or another, extended to almost all countries of the Arab region in the MENA. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Moderation of the Ennahda Movement : A case study of moderation within an Islamic political party

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Karl Fahlvik; [2021]
    Keywords : Political Islam; Arab Spring; Tunisia; Ennahda; Democracy; Moderation.;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to try to understand the moderation process of the Tunisian Islamic political party Ennahda between the years of 2011-2016. This case is studied within the context of the democratisation process that took place in Tunisia, in the five years after the Arab spring and the idea that political Islam might provide a path to democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. READ MORE