Vol. 3 No. 009 (2014): Issue 009

غلاف العدد 9 من دورية عمران

Issue 9 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Summer 2014) includes the following studies and articles: “Social Justice and Public Expenditure in Arab Spring States” (Ali Abdulqadir Ali); “Alternative Development Policies in Arab-Revolution States” (Darim Albassam); “Rehabilitating Industrial Policy in the Arab world: Past lessons, Present challenges, and Future Prospects” (Sami Atallah); “Small and Medium-Sized Industry in the GCC states” (Mohammed Naji al-Tuni); “Writing Op-eds in Lebanese Newspapers: The Relative Demise of Public Life of Arab Academics” (Sari Hanafi, Rigas Arvanitis); “The Muslim Brotherhood: Generation Gap in the Post-January 25 Period” (Doha Samir); “Spontaneity and Agency in Human Action” (Chehab Yahyaoui); “An Examination of the Arab Revolutions and the Threat of Falling Back to Square One” (Walid Noueihed); “Abd-el-Krim El-Jatabi : La Lucha Por la Independencia by María Rosa de Madariaga” (Elhaj Sassioui).

Published: 2014-07-01

Studies

  • Social Justice and Public Expenditure in Arab Spring States

    Author: Ali Abdulqadir Ali (Author)
    7-26

    This paper examines the challenges faced by Arab spring states when formulating public expenditure policies that meet the revolutions’ demands. In an attempt to establish democratic regimes, the...

  • Alternative Development Policies in Arab-Revolution States

    Author: Darim Albassam (Author)
    27-66

    This study seeks to identify and propose alternative development policies for Arab spring countries using new multi-faceted, inter-disciplinary methodological approaches and tools from the...

  • Rehabilitating Industrial Policy in the Arab world: Past lessons, Present challenges, and Future Prospects Cited once

    Author: Sami Atallah, سامى عطا الله (Author)
    67-98

    Industrial policy in the Arab world has not enjoyed much success. There is, however, a near consensus in the development community that it is an essential requirement in a world post global...

  • Small and Medium-Sized Industry in the GCC states

    Author: Mohammed Naji al-Tuni (Author)
    99-118

    Small and medium-sized industries comprise an area of interest for industrial policy that aims to reduce unemployment and fight poverty in developing states and advanced industrial nations...

  • Writing Op-eds in Lebanese Newspapers: The Relative Demise of Public Life of Arab Academics

    Author: Sari Hanafi, Rigas Arvanitis (Author)
    119-138

    This paper questions academics’ contributions to the writing of opinion pieces in the Lebanese press. It asks why academics write opinion for newspapers and what is the extent of their...

  • The Muslim Brotherhood: Generation Gap in the Post-January 25 Period

    Author: Doha Samir (Author)
    139-158

    Using a sociological approach focusing on the generational interplay within the Muslim Brotherhood, this study tries to expose the movement’s internal dynamics. Specifically, the paper...

Discussions

  • Spontaneity and Agency in Human Action

    Author: Chehab Yahyaoui (Author)
    161-171

    Dealing with the subject of social change in the civil space and within the Arab Islamic city in particular raised a number of problems opposed to the issue of urban development within it....

Book Reviews

  • An Examination of the Arab Revolutions and the Threat of Falling Back to Square One

    Author: Walid Noueihed (Author)
    173-181

    This paper is part two on the reading of books published by the ACRPS on the Arab revolutions and deals with the risks addressed by these books in terms of losing the gains of the revolution.

  • Abd-el-Krim El-Jatabi : La Lucha Por la Independencia by María Rosa de Madariaga

    Author: Elhaj Sassioui (Author)
    183-188

    Book Title: Abd-el-Krim El Jatabi: La Lucha Por la Independencia Author: Maria Rosa de Madariaga Translation: Mohammed Onya, Abdelmajid Azouzi, and Abdelhamid al-Rayyis Place of publication:...

Reports

  • تقرير مؤتمر جمعية المكتبات اللبنانية والاتحاد الدولي لجمعيات المكتبات والمعلومات (IFLA) عن تطور المستخدم الافتراضي

    Author: إنعام شرف (Author)
    199-205

    تمثل هذه الورقة تقريرًا عن فعاليات الملتقى الذي عقدته جمعية المكتبات اللبنانية، بالتعاون مع الاتحاد الدولي لجمعيات المكتبات والمعلومات (IFLA). وهو مؤتمرها العام الثاني الذي يعقد مرّة كل سنتين في...

Book Presentations

  • تقديم لمجموعة من الكتب

    Author: زياد منى (Author)
    189-196

    يقدم في هذه الورقة الباحث زياد منى عروضًا لمجموعة من الكتب الصادرة حديثًا باللغتين العربية والإنكليزية وهي (المؤسسات التعليمية في المشرق العربي العثماني: دراسة تاريخية إحصائية في ضوء الوثائق...