Vol. 3 No. 006 (2020): Issue 006

Cover of العدد 6, Almuntaqa

Issue 6 of Almuntaqa (2020) includes the following studies and articles: “Fighting Corruption within the Framework of Transitional Justice: The Impact on Democratic Transition in Tunisia” (Adnen Nouioua); “A Law of Diminishing Returns: Transitional Justice in Post-Revolutionary Libya” (Mahmoud Hamad); “Arabic Origins of the Foundational Myth of Western Identity: Between Histories of the Conquest of America and the Conquest of Andalusia” (Mohamed Abdelrahman Hassan); “The Limits of Rational Choice in the Sociology of Social Movements: The 20 February Movement and the Rif Movement in Morocco” (Mohamed Naimi); “Prosopography: An Approach to Studying Elites and Social Groups” (Rajae Ankoud); “US Policy in Arab Gulf Opinion: Data from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait” (Dana El Kurd); “Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine” (Anwar Mhajne).

Published: 2020-09-01

المقالات

  • Fighting Corruption within the Framework of Transitional Justice: The Impact on Democratic Transition in Tunisia

    Author: Adnen Nouioua (Author)
    9-22

    This paper attempts to link transitional justice with anti-corruption in Tunisia and examines the impact of this relationship on the process of democratic transition. The paper examines the...

  • A Law of Diminishing Returns: Transitional Justice in Post-Revolutionary Libya

    Author: Mahmoud Hamad (Author)
    23-37

    This paper focuses on transitional justice in Libya since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi. It finds that unlike many countries that suffer from a paucity of transitional justice legislation,...

  • Arabic Origins of the Foundational Myth of Western Identity: Between Histories of the Conquest of America and the Conquest of Andalusia

    Author: Mohamed Abdelrahman Hassan (Author)
    38-51

    The history of the conquest of America has constituted a primary source of self-perception and identity formation for Western nations, feeding their imagined superiority over the other nations...

  • The Limits of Rational Choice in the Sociology of Social Movements: The 20 February Movement and the Rif Movement in Morocco

    Author: Mohamed Naimi (Author)
    52-69

    This study critically assesses rational choice theory in the sociology of social movements using Moroccan protest movements as a case study. It also shows how social movement studies evolved...

  • Prosopography: An Approach to Studying Elites and Social Groups

    Author: Rajae Ankoud (Author)
    70-85

    This study presents prosopography, or collective bibliography, as an auxiliary approach to historical study. Prosopography focuses on researching the common characteristics of historical actors...

Arab Opinion Index Analysis

  • US Policy in Arab Gulf Opinion: Data from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

    Author: Dana El Kurd (Author)
    87-89

    This study aims to present the results of the Saudi and Kuwaiti opinion poll on US policy in the Arab region. The study attempts to analyze how Gulf Arab citizens view US policy since President...

Book Reviews

  • Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine

    Author: Anwar Mhajne (Author)
    91-93

    Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine. Author: Dana El Kurd. Date of publication: 2020. Publisher: Hurst/Oxford University Press. No. of pages: 226. Dana El Kurd’s...