Arab Human Development in the Twenty-first Century : the Primacy of Empowerment.
With its emphasis on the primacy of change, this study arrives at a particularly auspicious moment, as the Middle East continues to be convulsed by the greatest upheavals in generations, which have come to be known as the Arab Spring. Originally prepared as the tenth-anniversary volume of the UNDP&#...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Arab Human Development in the Twenty-first Century: The Primacy of Empowerment; Blank Page; Title page ; Half Title page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Dedication; Tables; Figures; Boxes; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Part 1: Toward the Twenty-first Century; CHAPTER 1: Redefining Development for a New Generation: A Political Economy Analysis ; Introduction; The Political Economy Framework; The Riddle of Arab Development; Empowerment Begins at the Top; Freeing the Media; Curbing Corruption; Poverty Alleviation; Conflict Management; Facing Up to Environmental Risks; Rooting Empowerment in Identity. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Where Is the Region Heading?And What's to Be Done Next?; If the Ability to Adapt and Change Is the Key, Where Should the Region Start?; Notes; Part 2: Empowerment Begins at the Top; Introduction to Part 2; Notes; CHAPTER 2: From the Law of the Ruler to the Rule of Law; Rule of Law as a Means of Empowerment; Missing theoretical foundation for rule of law in the region's historical and cultural legacy; Missing enabling environment for the rule of law in Arab authority and institutional practices; Impediments to Establishing and Consolidating Rule of Law; Deficiencies in the legal structures. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Fragility and ineffectiveness of institutional structuresQuestionable independence; Activating the Rule of Law to Achieve Arab Empowerment; Strengthening and deepening ongoing reforms; Entrenching the rule of law through structural reforms; Establishing a new social contract; Notes; CHAPTER 3: Transforming the Media: From Tool of the Rulers to Tool of Empowerment; Media Achievements and Challenges; Quantitative and qualitative advances; But challenges remain; Media and Social Empowerment; Empowering citizens and institutions through media-civil society partnerships. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Using the media to empower educational institutionsUsing the media to empower local communities; Media and Political Empowerment; Media and the challenges of political empowerment; The role of laws and charters: From repression to an open space for free media; Empowerment of Media Institutions and Practices; Changing the impact of ownership: The predicaments of state-owned and privately owned media; Restructuring the media arena: From censorship to oversight; Building media capacity: Supporting professional and responsible media institutions. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Empowering women through the media: Stereotypical images and pioneering rolesNotes; CHAPTER 4: Fighting Corruption: From Missing Link to Development Priority; Causes and Effects of Corruption; Understanding Corruption in the Arab Region; Corruption Impedes Development; Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index shows widespread corruption; Inverse correlation between corruption and deprivation in education, health, and standard of living; Inverse correlation between the Corruption Perception Index and the Prosperity Index; Current Efforts to Fight Corruption. | |
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