نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد علوم سیاسی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه یاسوج، یاسوج، ایران
2 گروه علوم سیاسی، دانشکده علوم پایه، دانشگاه یاسوج،
3 استادیار، گروه علوم سیاسی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه یاسوج، یاسوج، ایران
4 دانشیار، گروه علوم سیاسی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه یاسوج، یاسوج، ایران
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
This research attempts to study the relationship between the government and civil society in the two countries of Egypt and Saudi Arabia in the period 1980-2010 using a comparative method to clarify how the relationship between the government and society can lead to the activation of civil society? The government in the Middle East plays an effective role as a determining element in the level of activation of civil society. The relationship between the government and society can be discussed and examined in the form of four axes: "the weakness of the government due to the failure to fulfill promises, the cultural alienation of the government towards the society, the political impact of economic adjustment, and the presence of social actors to mobilize society" on the level of civil society activity. The findings of the study show that the Egyptian government failed to fulfill its economic and political promises and, as a result, was forced to undertake economic adjustment and liberalization. This increased the distance and cultural alienation of the government from society so that social actors (the Muslim Brotherhood) could engage in civil society activities. In contrast, the Saudi Arabian government, due to its oil rents, was able to fulfill its economic promises and refrain from economic adjustment policies. In this way, in addition to relying on its religious and national traditions and norms, it controlled the social forces and classes in the field of civil society and thus limited the areas for civil society to become active.
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