Vol. 1 No. 003 (2013): Issue 003

غلاف العدد 3 من دورية عمران

Issue 3 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Winter 2013) includes the following studies and articles: “Will a Demographic Revolution Lead to a Democratic Revolution?” (Youssef Kerbage); “Fertility in Iraq: Trends, Developments, and Influential Factors” (Hashim Nimah Fayad); “The Faltering of the Demographic Transition in Syria” (Mada Shuraiki); “Egypt’s Demographic Dividend and its Prospects” (Hassan Zaky); “Towards a Sociology of the Demographic Question in the Cultural Discourse of Moroccan School Textbooks” (Mohamed Faoubar); “Foreign Labor and Identity Issues in the Gulf” (Baqer Alnajjar); “The Reality of Maghreb Emigration and its Transformations” (Abdelkader Latrache); “Women’s Migration and Development: The Case of Women Migrants from Maghreb Countries to Europe” (Aicha Teyeb); “The Challenges of Sustainable Human Development in the Arab World” (Tania Ali Faour); “Demographic Structures in Mount Lebanon (1250-1850): Transformations and Implications” (Nayel Abu Chakra); “The Syrian Shadow Economy: Size, Causes and Effects” (Osama Noujoum); “A Reading of ECSWA Publications: Migration from the Arab Region after the Arab Spring” (Abdel-Rahman Ayas); “Insurgent Citizenship: Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil by James Holston” (Abdulhadi Ayyad); “Demography and the Lebanese Communities by Youssef al-Doueihy” (Nada Makki); “Demographic Structures in Mount Lebanon (1250-1850): Transformations and Implications” (Joumana Farhat); ““Managing Oil Resources: The Norwegian Model” by Farouk Al-Kasim” (Samir Abdel Rasoul al-Obeidi); “Insurgent Citizenship: Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil by James Holston” (Dena Qaddumi).

Published: 2013-01-01

Studies

  • The Challenges of Sustainable Human Development in the Arab World

    Author: Tania Ali Faour (Author)
    163-188

    This paper deals with the challenges for sustainable human development in the Arab region within the social, economic, and environmental pillars of development. In the social sphere, the main...

  • Demographic Structures in Mount Lebanon (1250-1850): Transformations and Implications

    Author: Nayel Abu Chakra (Author)
    189-210

    This paper challenges the view that Mount Lebanon was a refuge for minorities, since that view today raises questions about the causes of the population variables in Mount Lebanon: are they...

  • The Syrian Shadow Economy: Size, Causes and Effects

    Author: Osama Noujoum (Author)
    211-240

    Since 2005, Syria has chosen to shift from a model of centralized planning to a social market economy, based on a policy of openness and flexibility for the mechanisms of the private sector and...

Issue Focus

  • Will a Demographic Revolution Lead to a Democratic Revolution?

    Author: Youssef Kerbage (Author)
    7-22

    What are the links between demography and democracy? British historian Laurence Stone stated in an article from 1969 that there was a causative relationship between education and revolution. In...

  • Fertility in Iraq: Trends, Developments, and Influential Factors

    Author: Hashim Nimah Fayad (Author)
    23-52

    This study investigates the changes in fertility rates in Iraq, keeping in mind social, economic, and political changes, and the internal and external wars witnessed in the country, and which...

  • The Faltering of the Demographic Transition in Syria

    Author: Mada Shuraiki (Author)
    53-74

    The demographic transition in the Arab Republic of Syria came late (its first signs being only in 1970s) and when it did come it was extreme (after the mid-1980s). It then rapidly faltered from...

  • Egypt’s Demographic Dividend and its Prospects

    Author: Hassan Zaky (Author)
    75-88

    This study targets the time period of the demographic dividend in Egypt and the policies needed to take advantage of it. The importance of this study lies in its accompanying the January 25...

  • Towards a Sociology of the Demographic Question in the Cultural Discourse of Moroccan School Textbooks

    Author: Mohamed Faoubar (Author)
    89-108

    This study presents a dynamic sociological analysis of the demographic discourse found in Moroccan schools’ geography textbook. During the last two decades of the 20th century, when the issue of...

  • Foreign Labor and Identity Issues in the Gulf

    Author: Baqer Alnajjar (Author)
    109-123

    Many studies see that the size of the foreign labor force in Gulf societies will one day lead to the loss of identity. The large number of ethnically diverse settlements of foreigners represent...

  • The Reality of Maghreb Emigration and its Transformations

    Author: Abdelkader Latrache (Author)
    125-136

    Emigration from the Maghreb witnessed a leap in numbers in the first decade of the twenty-first century, after waves experienced at the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s. These...

  • Women’s Migration and Development: The Case of Women Migrants from Maghreb Countries to Europe

    Author: Aicha Teyeb (Author)
    137-160

    The global interest in migration issues and the legal and non-legal problems they cause is linked to the extent to which migrants fulfil positive roles in the various social and economic roles...

Discussions

  • A Reading of ECSWA Publications: Migration from the Arab Region after the Arab Spring

    Author: Abdel-Rahman Ayas (Author)
    243-248

    This paper analyzes select publications from ECSWA and uses them to forecast the future of the Arab Spring. The paper finds that the success or failure of governments after the revolutions to...

Book Reviews

  • الديموغرافيا والطوائف اللبنانية

    Author: ندى مكي (Author)
    249-252

    الكاتب : يوسف شهيد زخيا الدويهي تاريخ النشر : غير مذكور الناشر : غير مذكور عدد الصفحات: 285

  • Demography and the Lebanese Communities by Youssef al-Doueihy

    Author: Nada Makki (Author)
    253-257

    Book Title: Demography and the Lebanese Communities Author: Youssef al-Doueihy Publisher: n.d. Date of publication: n.d. Number of pages: 285

  • Demographic Structures in Mount Lebanon (1250-1850): Transformations and Implications

    Author: Joumana Farhat (Author)
    259-265

    Book Title: Social and Economic Transformations in Mount Lebanon (1550-1900) Author: Nayel Abou Chakra Place of publication: Beirut Publisher: Dar Isharat for Printing, Publication, and...

  • “Managing Oil Resources: The Norwegian Model” by Farouk Al-Kasim

    Author: Samir Abdel Rasoul al-Obeidi (Author)
    267-274

    Book Title: Managing Oil Resources: The Norwegian Model Author: Farouk al-Kasim Place of publication: Kuwait Publisher: National Council for Culture, Arts, and Literature, Alam al-Maarifa...

  • Insurgent Citizenship: Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil by James Holston

    Author: Dena Qaddumi (Author)
    275-278

    Book Title: Insurgent Citizenship: Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil Author: James Holston Place of publication: Princeton, NJ Publisher: Princeton University Press Date of...

Reports

  • Insurgent Citizenship: Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil by James Holston

    Author: Abdulhadi Ayyad (Author)
    281-300

    Book Title: Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century Author: Eric P. Kaufmann Place of publication: London Publisher: Profile Books Date of...