Vol. 10 No. 037 (2021): Issue 037

غلاف العدد 37 من دورية عمران

Issue 37 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Summer 2021) includes the following studies and articles: “The Arab State: A Historical Sociology Approach” (Adham Saouli, Raymond Hinnebusch); “State and Hegemony over Society The Corporatist Authoritarian State and the Restrictions of Democratic Transition in Algeria” (Abdelkader Abelali); “Transformations of the Welfare State in Algeria Social Policies on the Line of Economic and Development Crises” (Hami Hacene); “Bottom-up Urbanism and the Culture of Squatting: A Critical Assessment” (Nezar Alsayyad); “The Impact of Feminist Epistemology on the Production and Understanding of Sociological Knowledge in the Arab Region” (Rachid Benbih); “The Epistemological and Political Use of “Sex” and “Race” Categories in Gender Studies” (Elsa Dorlin); “The New Jihad in the West” (Rachid Jarmouni); “North Africa after the Arab Uprisings” (Mohamed Naimi).

Published: 2021-07-01

Studies

  • The Arab State: A Historical Sociology Approach

    Author: Adham Saouli, Raymond Hinnebusch (Author)
    7-36

    This study presents a theoretical framework on and empirical accounts of state formation, development, and deformation in the Arab world. Taking a comparative historical methodology, the article...

  • State and Hegemony over Society The Corporatist Authoritarian State and the Restrictions of Democratic Transition in Algeria

    Author: Abdelkader Abelali (Author)
    37-64

    The authoritarian corporatist state is an organizational structure of state form and a political relationship between the state apparatus and society, that make distorted, restricted, and...

  • Transformations of the Welfare State in Algeria Social Policies on the Line of Economic and Development Crises

    Author: Hami Hacene (Author)
    65-85

    This study aims to investigate the relationship between welfare state transformations in Algeria and the coercion of the social question in the context of a crisis economic situation. It...

  • Bottom-up Urbanism and the Culture of Squatting: A Critical Assessment

    Author: Nezar Alsayyad (Author)
    87-104

    Informal Housing which is often dismissed as squatter settlements constitutes a large component of the housing stock in the developing world. Scholars have often connected the emergence of such...

  • The Impact of Feminist Epistemology on the Production and Understanding of Sociological Knowledge in the Arab Region

    Author: Rachid Benbih (Author)
    105-136

    The article analyzes impact of feminism's epistemology on the production and understanding of sociological knowledge in the Arab region, and assumes a disconnect between feminism and social...

Translation

  • The Epistemological and Political Use of “Sex” and “Race” Categories in Gender Studies

    Author: Elsa Dorlin (Author)
    139-155

    Starting from a reflection on Black Feminism this article deals with the inter-relationship between gender domination and racism as one of the most important theoretical and political questions...

Book Reviews

  • The New Jihad in the West

    Author: Rachid Jarmouni (Author)
    159-166

    Book Title: Le Nouveau Jihad en Occident. Author: Farhad Khosrokhavar. Publisher: Robert Laffont. Location and Date of Publication: Paris, 2018. Pages: 590.

  • North Africa after the Arab Uprisings

    Author: Mohamed Naimi (Author)
    167-176

    Book Title: L'Afrique du Nord après les révoltes arabes. Author: Luis Martinez. Publisher: Presses de Sciences Po. Location and Date of Publication: Paris, 2019. Pages: 252.