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Consolidation of citizenship through municipalities in the Arab region

18 May، 2019emad oufBooks and manuals, Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions

Driss Jardane ,Emad Salah Daoud ,Jamila Raja ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Mohamed Sahbi Khalfaoui ,Mona Khneisser ,Shimaa El SharkawyEgypt ,Lebanon ,Morocco ,TunisiaThe book is a study of multiple cases of citizenship and its support through the localities. The book includes cases from Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco and Yemen. The question of this book is how we strengthen citizenship through municipalities and local communities in the Arab region. The involvement of citizens in the political process is an essential part of democracy. Citizen participation in local governance involves ordinary citizens assessing their own needs and participating in local project planning and budget monitoring.…

Politics… and Beware Of It.. The Lebanese Parliamentary Elections, 2018: The Reproduction of the Ruling Class and the Conflict between Alternatives

4 April، 2019emad oufPapers and studies, Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions

Mona KhneisserLebanonThis paper is a case study about the 2018 Lebanese Parliamentary elections, and it is written by researcher Mona Khneiser the researcher at AFA as an edition of the follow up papers that the Forum publish regularly. This paper examines the success or failure of the recent Lebanese Parliamentary elections, which took place under a new electoral law, in making a real change at the level of the ruling political elite. This paper highlights the experience of civic initiatives that have contested the traditional power parties through elections, and examines the results of the elections based on the success or…