This study of Magreb's 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.
This study of Magreb's 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.
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 Plato's 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 Plato's 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 Plato's 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 Maghreb's 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 Media's Connivance with Dictatorships Reversing the Spiral of Silence Bibliography Index
This study of Magreb's erratic encounter with democratization illuminates the complex encounters between civil society and the authorities in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
LISE GARON is professor of political communication at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. She chairs the International Political Science Association's research committee on political processes in North Africa, and has conducted fieldwork in the region over many years.
'Garon's 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
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