July 1st , 2009
Issue No. 35
 


Editorial:

Obama and the Hard Task in the Middle East
Dr. Hala Mustafa (Editor-in-Chief of Democracy Review).


Article:

Democracy World Wide?
By: Dr. Evert van der Zweerde (Centre for Ethics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands).


Special Supplement: Social Capital and the Culture of Progress:

State Building and the Role of Egypt Social Capital
Dr. Shaker Al Naboulsy (Jordanian Intellectual).


Social Capital and Egypt Civil Societies
Dr. Hassan Salama (Expert at the National Centre for Social and Criminal Studies, Egypt).


Points of View:

The Harsh Censorship by the Society
Hamdy Battran (Egyptian Novelists).


Arabic Section:

Full texts available in Arabic

Special Supplement: Social Capital and the Culture of Progress:

Social Capital from Philosophical View
Dr. Murad Wahby (Egyptian Thinker and Academician).

Practical and Scientific Contribution of the American Social Capital
Dr. Mohammed Saad Abu Amoud, (Professor of Political Science, at Helwan University, Egypt).

Cultural Values of Capitalism ad Democratic Transformation
Dr. Radhwan Zeyadah (Visiting Researcher at Harvard University).

Arab Democratic Project and Feudal Revenue Capitalism
Dr. Khaled Shaukat (Director of Democracy Institute, Netherlands).

Doing Away with Egypt Social Capital
Dr. Khaled Kazem (Assistant Professor at Sohaj University, Egypt).

The Developmental Role of Turkey Social Capital
Azmi Ashour (Executive News-editor, Democracy Review).

Social Capital between Reality and Assumptions
Waleed Rashad (National Centre for Social and Criminal Studies, Egypt).

Radical Authoritarian Rule and the Loss of Historical Capital, Case Study Iraq
Dr. Maytham Al Janaby (Professor of Islamic Philosophy, Russia University).

Special Section: Issues of Citizenship:

Citizenship between Cultural Knowledge and International Standards
Dr. Ahmed Magdy Hejazy (Professor of Political Sociology, Cairo University).

Minority Issues and Citizenship in Egypt
Hanan Abu Sekken (Assistant professor at the National Center for Social and Criminal Studies).

Democratic Culture:

Jan Jack Rousseau (1712-1778)
Nabil Farag (Egyptian Writer).


The Status of Democracy :

Elections and the Salafists in Morocco
Dr. Abdel Hakeem Abu Louz (Researcher at King Hassan University, Morocco).

Algerian Elections: A Studying the Voting Behavior
Essam Ben Sheikh (Algerian Researcher).

Elections:

Obama Speech and Democracy
Basheer Abdel Fattah (Editor at Democracy Review).

Conflicting Values in Omaba Speech
Saeed Okasha (Researcher in Political Science).

Iran: The Elections after- Shocks
Mohamed Abbas Nagy (Researcher of Political Science).

Lebanon: New Type of Elections
Dr. Ahmed Faris (Political Science Researcher).

Kuwait: Bringing Women to the Fore
Dr. Osama Mekheimar (Egyptian Academician).

India: New Legitimacy for Old Party
Safenaz Mohamed (Social Science Researcher).

South Africa and the Presidency Challenges
Alaa Salem (Journalist at Al-Ahram Newspaper).

Panama: End of Leftist Rule
Hesham Basheer (Political Science Researcher).

Indonesia: Re-enforcing the Ruling Party's Position
Atta Sharawy (Social Science Researcher).

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