ARABIC Version Newsletter Civil Society in West Asia, Issue 2

'Democratization Industry' and Challenges faced by Civil Society Concept

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Newsletter Civil Society in West Asia is now available in Arabic.

Crisis is a much-overworked word in social sciences generally and in politics in particular. Phrases such as ‘democracy promotion is in crisis’ or ‘civil society can never be a force for democratization’ are simplistic overstatements. However, one cannot deny that there are serious challenges on the road to democratization, both of a conceptual and of a practical nature. The second issue of the newsletter of Knowledge Programme Civil Society in West Asia deals with the challenges faced by the concept of civil society and the much-debated concepts in the ‘democratization industry’.

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