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'Democratic Knowledge' and Knowledge Production - Preliminary Reflections on Democratisation in North Africa (Hardcover)
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'Democratic Knowledge' and Knowledge Production - Preliminary Reflections on Democratisation in North Africa (Hardcover)
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Sudden change in North Africa manifested through popular protests
followed by the end of authoritarian regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and
Libya revitalised the scholarly concern with democracy in the
region. Democratisation and democracy received fresh attention in
the 'Arab Spring'. Arab citizens displayed their grasp and
possession of 'democratic knowledge' in a bottom-up groundswell of
activism against the wielding of power by authoritarian regimes. In
this book, the investigation into democratic knowledge revolves
around the idea that good government must be in the first instance
rooted in a local system of knowledge. However, no privileging of
the 'local' is offered here at the expense of the 'democratic'.
Each chapter illustrates the context-specific experiences which
provide political actors with the wherewithal in actively learning
democracy. The countries examined with reference to a socially
constructed democratic knowledge include Algeria, Libya, Morocco,
Tunisia and Egypt. Critical focus on local agency in North Africa
during the 'Arab Spring' enables a shift from democratisation as an
ideology to a 'democratic learning turn'. This book was originally
published as a special issue of the Journal of North African
Studies.
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