Democracy Without Social Justice: Marginalization of Social and Economic Rights in EU Democracy Assistance Policy after the Arab Uprisings
| العنوان: | Democracy Without Social Justice: Marginalization of Social and Economic Rights in EU Democracy Assistance Policy after the Arab Uprisings |
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| المؤلفون: | Andrea Teti |
| المصدر: | Middle East Critique. 24:9-25 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2015. |
| سنة النشر: | 2015 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Cultural Studies, History, Civil society, Human rights, media_common.quotation_subject, giustizia sociale, Social rights, Liberal democracy, Democracy, Right to property, democrazia, democratizzazione, Politics, Political economy, Law, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology, Democratization, media_common |
| الوصف: | Although EU democracy assistance (DA) policy has been criticized both before and after the Arab Uprisings for reflecting a one-size-fits-all (neo) liberal script, there is little detailed exploration of how exactly EU policy is ‘liberal’. With this objective, this article examines the conceptual structure of ‘democracy’ in key policy documents. It finds that the ideas of democracy and its promotion remain virtually unchanged after the uprisings. Specifically, the analysis shows that, first, democracy is understood as involving a balance between state and civil society. Second, that while the indivisibility of human rights—particularly civil, political, social, and economic—is proclaimed, civil and political rights far outweigh social and economic rights in their importance vis-a-vis democracy in EU policy. Third, that the role of socio-economic rights progressively is being marginalized as individual policy documents develop. Fourth, that conceptions of civil society in these documents marginalize trade u... |
| تدمد: | 1943-6157 1943-6149 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::6068aa2df69f161c1c1b68205ac71f96Test https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2014.1000076Test |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....6068aa2df69f161c1c1b68205ac71f96 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19436157 19436149 |
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