مجلة الرسالة للدراسات والبحوث الإنسانية
Volume 8, Numéro 3, Pages 93-105
2023-10-31
External And Internal Causes For Democracy Deficit In The Arab World
Authors : Brahmi Halima . Aboubou Hachemi .
Abstract
Despite the socioeconomic growth that the Arab world witnessed, economic development is still not yet achieved, and a democracy deficit has characterized the region for decades. This paper analyzes the core factors behind the democracy deficit in the Arab world, including the United States’ low intensity democracy in the region and the Arab weak political and socio-economic conditions. This research is a critical review that analyses the principal concepts underlying the two approaches of democracy: the developmental approach and the formal/electoral approach. The analysis reveals that US democracy promotion is limited to the “formal” electoral democracy; however, “developmental” democracy that might ameliorate Arab countries’ economic and social conditions is marginalized for the sake of its neoliberal economic policies.
Keywords
democracy deficit ; developmental democracy ; formal/ electoral democracy ; “low intensity” democracy ; neoliberal economic policies ; US democracy promotion
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