From the Post-Colonial State to the Just, Democratic, Independent Social Welfare State? The Socio-Historical Negotiation of

Abstract

This discussion is part of the sociological debate around the outcomes of the current social movements in many Arab countries at a time when social and political unrest have caused the form, structure, and practice of states to be placed on the agenda. The starting question for this study is based on the relationship or relationships between the social movements seen by post-colonial societies and their possible societal objectives as a relationship whose direction was previously undefined, since these objectives embody a preformed social model even in terms of the declared political strategies.