Syria’s struggling civil society
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Title: | Syria’s struggling civil society |
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Authors: | Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño, Ignacio |
Research Group/s: | Grupo de Investigación en Estudios Árabes e Islámicos Sharq Al-Andalus (SAA) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filologías Integradas |
Keywords: | Syria | Bashar al-Assad | Regime | Civil society |
Knowledge Area: | Estudios Árabes e Islámicos |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Middle East Forum |
Citation: | ÁLVAREZ-OSSORIO, Ignacio. “Syria’s struggling civil society”. Middle East Quarterly. Vol. 29, No. 2 (Spring 2012). ISSN 1073-9467, pp. 23-32 |
Abstract: | Authoritarian regimes have traditionally been disinclined to accept any political or social opposition and have been hostile to the development of an independent civil society that could form a counterweight to state power. Article 8 of the Syrian constitution established the Baath party, which has prevented any independent parties from emerging since the 1963 military coup that brought it to power as “the leading party in the state and society.” Yet despite this systematic repression, there has been a sustained effort by a small group of intellectuals and critics over the past decade to transform the country’s political system and make it more open and accountable. While these activists did not ignite the uprising that has shaken Syria since March 2011, their courageous defiance of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has given them high standing among many Syrians. They may yet play a significant role in shaping Syria’s future. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/27826 |
ISSN: | 1073-9467 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://www.meforum.org/3194/syria-civil-society |
Appears in Collections: | INV - SAA - Artículos de Revistas |
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