Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World

by Amaney A . Jamal (Author)

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  2009

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  Investigates the role of civic associations in promoting democratic attitudes and behavioral patterns in contexts that are less than democratic. This work argues that, in state-centralized environments, associations can just as easily promote civic qualities vital to authoritarian citizenship - such as support for the regime in power.