Vol. 2 No. 005 (2013): Issue 005

غلاف العدد 5 من دورية عمران

Issue 5 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Summer 2013) includes the following studies and articles: “Economic Inequality and Development: Lessons from Global Experiences and Implications for the Arab World” (Ravi Kanbur); “Economic Freedom and Social Equality in the Theory of Justice: An Examination of a Sustainable Liberal Model for the Post-Ar” (Morad Diani); “Women’s Empowerment and Economic Development” (Esther Duflo); “A Study of Social Manifestations in Tunisian Prisons” (Mohsen Bouazizi); “Sectarianism in the Syrian Revolution: Process and Patterns” (Nerouz Satik); “Selective Justice and Liberalized Authoritarianism in Morocco” (Abdelhay Moudden); “State Fatigue and the Policies of Social Fragmentation in Jordan” (Abdelaziz Khazaeli); “A Reading of Wajih Kawtharani’s Research on the Islamic Political Experience: The Relationship between the Political Institu” (Shamsuddin Al-Kilani); ““Trade in Education in the Arab World: Problems, Risks and Prospects” by Muhaya Zaytoun” (Huda Hawa); “تقديم لمجموعة من الكتب” (Ziad Muna).

Published: 2013-07-01

Studies

  • Economic Inequality and Development: Lessons from Global Experiences and Implications for the Arab World

    Author: Ravi Kanbur (Author)
    7-24

    This paper is based on the premise that economic inequality will be central to Arab policy makers’ concerns as they devise economic development strategies for the future. In doing so, lessons...

  • Economic Freedom and Social Equality in the Theory of Justice: An Examination of a Sustainable Liberal Model for the Post-Ar

    Author: Morad Diani (Author)
    25-50

    This paper investigates the nature of freedom, equality, and dignity as values that serve as the founding blocks of the theory of justice. Throughout ancient and modern history, these values...

  • Women’s Empowerment and Economic Development

    Author: Esther Duflo (Author)
    51-76

    Women's empowerment and economic development are closely related, with development able to play a major role in decreasing inequality between men and women, on the one hand, and the ability of...

  • A Study of Social Manifestations in Tunisian Prisons

    Author: Mohsen Bouazizi (Author)
    77-101

    This study discusses the ambivalence that often characterizes perspectives on justice: justice is always sought and seen as indispensable. From the prisoners’ perspective, however, it is also a...

  • Sectarianism in the Syrian Revolution: Process and Patterns

    Author: Nerouz Satik (Author)
    103-128

    This paper investigates the sectarian aspect of the Syrian revolution by perceiving sectarianism not as a constituent part of the revolution, but as one of its symptoms. It does so by examining...

  • Selective Justice and Liberalized Authoritarianism in Morocco

    Author: Abdelhay Moudden (Author)
    129-148

    This paper deals with the question of how a violent political legacy can be surpassed through a selective justice approach. This approach emerged during the early 1980s and was adopted by over...

  • State Fatigue and the Policies of Social Fragmentation in Jordan

    Author: Abdelaziz Khazaeli (Author)
    149-162

    This paper examines the intersection between the state, as a modern social political entity, and the tribe, as a traditional social structure, focusing on the continued presence of the tribal...

Discussions

  • A Reading of Wajih Kawtharani’s Research on the Islamic Political Experience: The Relationship between the Political Institu

    Author: Shamsuddin Al-Kilani (Author)
    165-184

    This paper is a reading of many of the works of the historian Wajih Kawtharani. The real problematic issue of research into the image of the region’s historical political experience is how to...

Book Reviews

  • “Trade in Education in the Arab World: Problems, Risks and Prospects” by Muhaya Zaytoun

    Author: Huda Hawa (Author)
    185-190

    Book Title: Trading in Education in the Arab World: Problems, Risks, Prospects Author: Muhaya Zaytun Place of publication: Beirut Publisher: Arab Unity Studies Center Date of publication: 2013...

  • الإثنوقراطية: سياسات الأرض والهوية في إسرائيل/فلسطين/أورن يفتاحئيل

    Author: عبّاد يحيى (Author)
    191-198

    الكتاب : Ethnocracy: Land and Identity Politics in Israel/ Palestine الكاتب : أورن يفتاحئيل ترجمة : سلافة حجازي مكان النشر : رام الله / فلسطين الناشر : مدار - المركز الفلسطيني للدراسات...

  • مؤسسة المخزن في تاريخ المغرب/محمد جادور

    Author: رضوان باتو (Author)
    199-206

    الكاتب : محمد جادور مكان النشر : الدار البيضاء الناشر : منشورات عكاظ تاريخ النشر: 2011 عدد الصفحات: 572

  • «لماذا تفشل الأمم؟»

    Author: تانيا هاشم (Author)
    207-212

    العنوان الأصلي للكتاب: Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty الكاتبان : دارون آسيموغلو وجيمس روبنسون الناشر: Profile Book Ltd مكان النشر: لندن تاريخ النشر: آذار/ مارس...

Reports

  • تقرير عن مؤتمر باريس 2013: مئوية المؤتمر العربي الأول في باريس 1913

    Author: سيار الجميل (Author)
    227-233

    انعقدت يومي 4 و5 يونيو/ حزيران 2013، في الصالة العليا بمعهد العالم العربي في باريس، ندوة علمية وفكرية احتفاء بذكرى مرور مئة سنة على انعقاد المؤتمر العربي الأول في قاعة الجمعية الجغرافية الفرنسية...

Book Presentations

  • تقديم لمجموعة من الكتب

    Author: Ziad Muna (Author)
    213-224

    يقدم الباحث زياد منى في هذه الورقة عروض لمجموعة من الكتب الصادرة حديثًا هي (التهميش في المجتمعات العربية – كبحًا وإطلاقًا، السياحة الصحراوية: تنمية الصحراء في الوطن العربي، الكرد والمسألة...