Vol. 3 No. 007 (2020): Issue 007

Cover of العدد 7, Almuntaqa

Issue 7 of Almuntaqa (2020) includes the following studies and articles: “A Critique of Public Administration and Policy Scholarship in Arab Countries: The Benefits of Comparative Analysis and an Agenda for Future Research” (Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moneim); “Public Policy Studies: Academic Roots and Practical Significance” (B. Guy Peters); “Don't forget Law and Politics! What can Arab Public Administration Scholars learn from the Fluidity of the Field in the US Experience?” (David Rosenbloom, Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moneim); “Quality Assurance in Tunisian Higher Education: A case-driven analysis of prevalent policymaking practice” (Intissar Kherigi, Khalil Amiri, Sofiane Sahraoui, Ichrak Klai, Sana Ajmi); “Cultural Competency Teaching and Practice in the MENA” (Aziza Zemrani, Deborah L. Trent, Sawsan Abutabenjeh); “Armed Resistance versus Nonviolent Strategies: An Analysis of Palestinian Public Opinion” (Dana El Kurd); “The city in the Islamic World: From Imitiation to Modernization: A Reading of The Arab City and Modernity” (Abderrahim Benhadda).

Published: 2020-01-01

المقالات

  • A Critique of Public Administration and Policy Scholarship in Arab Countries: The Benefits of Comparative Analysis and an Agenda for Future Research

    Author: Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moneim (Author)
    8-22

    The comparative approach to the study of public administration and policy has started to attract the attention of scholars and academic institutions during the past few decades. Future...

  • Public Policy Studies: Academic Roots and Practical Significance

    Author: B. Guy Peters (Author)
    23-34

    The study focuses on public policy studies as an essential pillar of public policy education in academic universities on the one hand, and as an important player in determining the role of the...

  • Don't forget Law and Politics! What can Arab Public Administration Scholars learn from the Fluidity of the Field in the US Experience?

    Author: David Rosenbloom, Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moneim (Author)
    35-49

    This article looks at why Arab public administration scholarship has lagged behind the needs of political and administrative reform and situating public administration within the context of...

  • Quality Assurance in Tunisian Higher Education: A case-driven analysis of prevalent policymaking practice

    Author: Intissar Kherigi, Khalil Amiri, Sofiane Sahraoui, Ichrak Klai, Sana Ajmi (Author)
    50-63

    The study focuses on the policymaking process in the higher education sector in Tunisia and critically assesses it through a case study of the important reforms in the first decade of the...

  • Cultural Competency Teaching and Practice in the MENA

    Author: Aziza Zemrani, Deborah L. Trent, Sawsan Abutabenjeh (Author)
    64-78

    The study focuses on the policymaking process in the higher education sector in Tunisia and critically assesses it through a case study of the important reforms in the first decade of the...

Arab Opinion Index Analysis

  • Armed Resistance versus Nonviolent Strategies: An Analysis of Palestinian Public Opinion

    Author: Dana El Kurd (Author)
    80-86

    This brief reviews Palestinian public opinion on preferences for non-violent strategies versus violent strategies, and examines what variables impact this dynamic. Particularly, I focus on the...

Book Reviews

  • The city in the Islamic World: From Imitiation to Modernization: A Reading of The Arab City and Modernity

    Author: Abderrahim Benhadda (Author)
    88-96

    Book Title: The Arab City and Modernity. Author: Khalid Ziyadeh. Publisher: Riad El-Rayyes. Date of publication: 2019. Number of pages: 255. Riad El-Rayyes published Khalid Ziyadeh’s The Arab...