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HOWEVER ,  \nTHE CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION CLEARLY CONTRADICT THE TRANSITION PARADIGM , WHOSE MAJOR ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE POLITICAL OPENING LEADS TO ELECTIONS , FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF CONSOLIDATION . CONSIDERING THE OBSTACLES THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA COUNTRIES ARE FACING , IT IS ACTUALLY HARD TO FORESEE WHEN AND WHETHER THEY WILL TURN INTO DEMOCRATIC STATES .  \nTHE VOLUME , PRESENTING VARIOUS CASES OF SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATIONS , WHICH HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE MID-1970S IN EUROPE AND WORLDWIDE , PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE REFLECTION ON THE PAST EXPERIENCES WITH TRANSITION AND VALUABLE LESSONS FOR  \nTHE TRANSFORMING STATES IN THE SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION . IT ALSO PROVIDES REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS WITH GUIDANCE , WHICH MAY ENABLE THEM  \nTO RE STRUCTURE THEIR POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AIMED AT SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESSES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA .  \n11   \nTHE ARAB TRANSITIONSIN A CHANGING WORLD  \nSENÉN FLORENSA, Ed.  \nConsortium formed by:  \nBoard of Trustees-Business Council:  \nCorporate Sponsors  \nPartner Institutions  \nTHE ARAB TRANSITIONS IN A CHANGING WORLD.  \nBUILDING DEMOCRACIES IN LIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES  \nEditor: Senén Florensa  \nCoordination: Aleksandra Chmielewska  \nProof-reading: Neil Charlton  \nLayout: Sintagma, Creacions Editorials, SL  \nPrinting: Futurgrafic S.C.C.L.  \nISBN: 978-84-393-9407-5  \nLegal deposit: B 6096-2016  \n© Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània Girona, 20  \n08010 Barcelona [info@iemed.org](info@iemed.org)[ ](info@iemed.org)[www.iemed.org](www.iemed.org)  \nBUILDING DEMOCRACIES IN LIGHT OF  \nINTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES  \nCONTENTS  \n09 INTRODUCTION  \nBUILDING DEMOCRACIES IN THE LIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES: A CRITICAL AND DEMANDING CHALLENGE  \nFOR THE ARAB WORLD. SENÉN FLORENSA  \n37 THE EXPERIENCES OF BUILDING DEMOCRACIES  \n38 REVISITING SPAIN’S TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY. CHARLES POWELL  \n56 PAST INJUSTICES, MEMORY POLITICS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN SPAIN. PALOMA AGUILAR AND CLARA RAMÍREZ-BARAT  \n76 FAITH BRINGS DOWN REGIMES. THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN TRANSITIONAL PROCESSES. PATRYCJA SASNAL  \n88 SOUTH AFRICA 20 YEARS AFTER DEMOCRACY: MISSING SOLIDARITY. CARYN ABRAHAMS  \n102 INDONESIA’S PATH TO LIBERAL DEMOCRACY: LESSONS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. GEOFFREY MACDONALD  \n117 THE CHALLENGES OF TRANSITIONS IN THE ARAB WORLD  \n118 STATE POWERS AND CONSTITUTION DRAFTING PROCESSES IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS IN NORTH AFRICA.  \nNATHALIE BERNARD-MAUGIRON  \n130 INCREMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN MOROCCO: AN APPROACH TO THE 2011 CONSTITUTION. IDRISS LAKRINI  \n144 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN MOROCCO: CIVIL SOCIETY’S CONTRIBUTIONS AND LIMITS. LARBI JAIDI  \n166 KEEPING DEMOCRACY AT BAY: POST-REVOLUTIONARY DILEMMAS IN EGYPT AND LIBYA. MARWA FIKRY ABDEL SAMEI  \n184 IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE NATION STATE IN A NON-WESTERN WORLD. A THEORETICAL ESSAY WITH REFERENCE TO THE CASE OF IRAQ. HAIDER SAEED  \n198 BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND STATE INTERESTS: THE UNITED STATES AND EGYPT AFTER THE UPRISING. MARINA OTTAWAY  \nINTRODUCTION","cbCaisGhycMsKQmN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisGhycMsKQmN","pdf",1992361,210,"English","# Introduction\n## Building Democracies in the Light of International Experiences: A Critical and Demanding Challenge for the Arab World\n# The Experiences of Building Democracies\n## Revisiting Spain’s Transition to Democracy\n## Past Injustices, Memory Politics and Transitional Justice in Spain\n## Faith Brings Down Regimes: The Role of Religion in Transitional Processes\n## South Africa 20 Years After Democracy: Missing Solidarity\n## Indonesia’s Path to Liberal Democracy: Lessons for the Middle East\n# The Challenges of Transitions in the Arab World\n## State Powers and Constitution Drafting Processes in Post-Revolutionary Transitions in North Africa\n## Incremental Constitutional Reform in Morocco: An Approach to the 2011 Constitution\n## Economic and Social Change in Morocco: Civil Society’s Contributions and Limits\n## Keeping Democracy at Bay: Post-Revolutionary Dilemmas in Egypt and Libya\n## Identity Politics and the Nation State in a Non-Western World: A Theoretical Essay with Reference to the Case of Iraq\n## Between Democratic Values and State Interests: The United States and Egypt After the Uprising","[{\"question\":\"What central debate does the book address about Arab democratization?\",\"answer\":\"It contrasts initial expectations after the 2010 uprising with later developments in the southern Mediterranean that contradict the transition paradigm. 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