Vol. 2 No. 006 (2013): Issue 006

غلاف العدد 6 من دورية عمران

Issue 6 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Autumn 2013) includes the following studies and articles: “From Spying to Conflict and Violence: Surveillance Mechanisms in the Modern Egyptian State” (Ahmed Zayed); “Surveillance and the Formation of the Public Sphere in the Ottoman Empire” (Cengiz Kirli); “Criminals or Martyrs? British Colonial Legacy in Palestine and the Criminalization of Resistance” (Rana Barakat); “Constructing Palestine through Surveillance Practices” (Elia Zureik); “The Arab Spring and Surveillance Collapse in the face of Social Media Networks” (Hicham Khabbach); “Revolution against the Independent State and the Meaning of Democratic Transition in Contemporary Tunisian Ideological Thoug” (Souheil Lahbaib); “Civil-Military Relations in Egypt: Toward Civilian Control?” (Ahmed Abed Rabbo); “The Makhzen in 19th Century Morocco: Beholder and Beheld” (Yahya Bou Lahya); “The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off by Justin Yifu Lin” (Ali Abdulqadir Ali).

Published: 2013-10-01

Studies

  • Revolution against the Independent State and the Meaning of Democratic Transition in Contemporary Tunisian Ideological Thoug

    Author: Souheil Lahbaib (Author)
    125-144

    At the heart of al-Hubayyeb’s analysis is the fact that Tunisia’s state crisis in the current transitional phase can be understood by analyzing Tunisian politicians’ ideological visions. On this...

  • Civil-Military Relations in Egypt: Toward Civilian Control?

    Author: Ahmed Abed Rabbo (Author)
    145-166

    Traditional theories of democracy speak of basic conditions necessary for a successful democratic transition, including the existence of political parties and an active civil society. These...

Issue Focus

  • From Spying to Conflict and Violence: Surveillance Mechanisms in the Modern Egyptian State

    Author: Ahmed Zayed (Author)
    13-32

    This paper is premised on a central hypothesis that argues the processes of surveillance and control in the colonial and post-colonial state are related to the growth of the state apparatus and...

  • Surveillance and the Formation of the Public Sphere in the Ottoman Empire

    Author: Cengiz Kirli (Author)
    33-54

    This paper stresses that surveillance played a key role in re-conceptualizing politics and the public sphere in the Ottoman Empire. Kirli maintains that notions of “public” and “public opinion”...

  • Criminals or Martyrs? British Colonial Legacy in Palestine and the Criminalization of Resistance

    Author: Rana Barakat (Author)
    55-72

    This paper draws on examples from the volatile history of Palestine under the British Mandate (1919-1948) to show how the political legacy of Palestine’s colonization has formed the basis, in...

  • Constructing Palestine through Surveillance Practices

    Author: Elia Zureik (Author)
    73-98

    State-building is normally associated with the creation of institutions such as the army, police force, judiciary, and political system. Using the Palestinian case of state-building, the paper...

  • The Arab Spring and Surveillance Collapse in the face of Social Media Networks

    Author: Hicham Khabbach (Author)
    99-121

    This study investigates the manner in which the Arab citizen turned to the Internet during the Arab Spring as means for defying surveillance mechanisms that were put in place by the region’s...

Discussions

  • The Makhzen in 19th Century Morocco: Beholder and Beheld

    Author: Yahya Bou Lahya (Author)
    169-182

    The concept of the State/Makhzen in Morocco during the 19th century was controversial in colonialist historical writings. This article tries to enumerate the most important trends in these...

Book Reviews

  • The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off by Justin Yifu Lin

    Author: Ali Abdulqadir Ali (Author)
    183-190

    Book Title: The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off Author: Justin Yifu Lin Place of publication: Princeton, NJ Publisher: Princeton University Press Date of publication:...

  • الثورة السورية الوطنية وتنامي القومية العربية/ مايكل برفنس

    Author: نيروز ساتيك (Author)
    191-197

    الكتاب : الثورة السورية الوطنية وتنامي القومية العربية الكاتب : مايكل برفنس ترجمة : وسام دودار مكان النشر : بيروت الناشر : دار قدمس تاريخ النشر: 2013 عدد الصفحات: 340

  • عروض كتب

    Author: زياد منى (Author)
    199-210

    يقدم زياد منى في هذه الورقة مجموعة من التقديمات للكتب الصادرة حديثًا وهي (عدالة المنتصر – من نورمبرغ إلى بغداد، تاريخ الديمقراطية: تأويل ماركسي، فهم الظلال: الاستعمال المنحرف للاستخبارات، الشرق...

Reports

  • المؤتمر العلمي الثاني –

    Author: هيئة التحرير (Author)
    213-221

    تقدم هذه الورقة تقريرًا عن المؤتمر العلمي الثاني عن موضوع الإسلاميين وقضايا الحكم الديمقراطي، والذي عقده المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات في الدوحة يومي 28 و29 أيلول/ سبتمبر 2013. وتضمنت...