Evolving role of North African civil society actors in the foreign policymaking process
Youth, Women's, Labour and Human Rights Organisations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3979329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirstie Lynn Dobbs (0000-0001-9389-9104, Loyola University Chicago, corresponding author), Peter J Schraeder (Loyola University Chicago) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 661-681 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629387.2018.1525011 |
| OpenAlex | W2892223104 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article examines the evolving foreign policy roles of four sets of civil society actors – youth, women's, labour and human rights groups – in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia during the Arab Spring and beyond. Our findings demonstrate that civil society groups initially flourished in the Arab Spring, with the region's average 'civil society rights score' registering positive increases in 2011 and 2012. The period of 2013 to 2018 witnessed a deterioration in this average score, as civil society faced an authoritarian backlash from illiberal (authoritarian) and liberal (democratic) North African regimes. An examination of individual civil society organisations further demonstrates a range of influence on foreign policy. Youth groups exert the least impact on North African foreign policies, despite high expectations associated with their central role in revolutionary protests and change associated with the Arab Spring. In contrast, women's, labour and especially human rights organisations have played more influential if still limited foreign policy roles. Finally, the impact of civil society on foreign policy is strongly mediated by a country's level of democracy. Only in Tunisia, which made a successful transition to democracy, have civil society organisations in the post-Arab Spring continuously enjoyed the freedoms to organise, protest and provide input into policy, including foreign policy
Authoritarianism · Civil society · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Foreign policy · Human rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
La force de l'obéissance
Labor's Role in the Arab Uprisings and Beyond
Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa
You Say You Want a Revolution
W omen in T he M aghreb
African Politics and Society
The Upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia
Multiculturalism and democracy in North Africa
Réformes néolibérales, clientélismes et protestations en situation autoritaire
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |