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AuthorSadiki, Larbi
AuthorSaleh, Layla
Available date2023-12-12T07:35:20Z
Publication Date2022
Publication NameOrient
ISSN0030-5227
URIhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85132722994&origin=inward
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/50328
AbstractThis article briefly investigates German democracy promotion in the Arab world since the 2011 popular uprisings and revolutions. It seeks a parsimonious discourse analysis, looking at Germany's "democracy-promotion speak" during the Merkel era. A constructivist frame lends itself to exploration of the interplay between norms and interests when it comes to fostering Arab democracy as a subset of German foreign policy. As the Arab world has slid further into a "crisis of democratisation", so too has German democracy promotion. It seemed to buckle in rising to challenges of resurgent authoritarianism. Despite setbacks, the contention here is that the new German government should not abandon the democratic impulse in dealing with the region. Policies should be attuned to socio-economic deprivation and marginalisation as development spills into democratisation. Filtered through a "democratic learning loop" rooted in parity and mutuality, German support for Arab civil society can still enhance pro-democracy activism and civic practices.
Languageen
PublisherGIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
SubjectGermany
Democracy
TitleRe-visioning Germany's democracy promotion in the Arab World
TypeArticle
Issue Number2
Volume Number63
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