The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership was formed in 1995 in Barcelona. In this volume, concepts of democracy, civil society, human rights and dialogue among civilizations in the Mediterranean region are addressed in the context of the new Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.
Author(s): Stef Panebianco
Edition: annotated edition
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 256
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Notes on Contributors......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Regional Integration Patterns in the Mediterranean......Page 17
Exogenous and Endogenous Factors Leading to the Adoption of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership......Page 20
The Institutional Framework of the EMP: a Multilayered System of Regional Cooperation......Page 22
Political and Security Cooperation in the Mediterranean......Page 28
Challenges to the Economic and Financial Partnership: Some Critical Evaluations......Page 30
The Human Dimension of the EMP: the Partnership in Social, Cultural and Human Affairs......Page 31
Conclusions: Speculations about the Future......Page 33
NOTES......Page 34
Part I: DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES......Page 37
The Units of Analysis......Page 38
The Mediterranean in Europe‘s Foreign Policy......Page 42
Evolution of Euro-Mediterranean Relations......Page 43
Democracy as an Element of EU Foreign Policy......Page 46
Operational Definitions of EU Mediterranean Policy Objectives......Page 47
Inconsistent Implementation: The Mediterranean versus Eastern Europe......Page 49
Democracy as a Threat to Entrenched Interests......Page 50
Who is Afraid of Democracy?......Page 51
Challenges Facing the EU in the Mediterranean......Page 53
Democracy as Equity......Page 54
Economic Democracy......Page 55
Political Democracy......Page 57
Conclusion: Helping the Risk of Democracy Materialize......Page 60
NOTES......Page 61
Introduction......Page 62
Democratization and the Arab World......Page 63
The West and Democracy Outside the West......Page 68
Democratization as a Foreign Policy Tool?......Page 71
NOTES......Page 75
Introduction......Page 76
Civilian Power Europe......Page 79
EU Relations with Cyprus and Turkey......Page 81
North Africa, Especially Algeria......Page 84
The Middle East, with Emphasis on the Middle East Peace Process......Page 86
Conclusions......Page 87
NOTES......Page 88
Part II: TOWARDS A DYNAMIC ROLE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY......Page 90
4 Civil Society in the Euro-Mediterranean Arena......Page 91
NOTE......Page 97
Civil Society in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership......Page 98
The Genesis of the EuroMed Civil Forum......Page 100
Theoretical Reflections on Civil Society......Page 102
Independence from the State......Page 103
Independence from Private Business......Page 104
Independence from Primordial Structures......Page 105
The Alternative Mediterranean Conference (AMC)......Page 107
Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean: EuroMed Civil Forum II and III......Page 108
Civil Society at the Stuttgart Summit: A New Approach......Page 110
Reflections on the Future Development of the EuroMed Civil Forum......Page 113
Epilogue......Page 115
NOTES......Page 117
Introduction......Page 122
Review of the Literature......Page 123
Al-Ahdath in Damascus from the Tenth to the Twelfth Centuries......Page 125
Guilds and Craftsmen in Cairo in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries......Page 126
Freemasonry: A Semi-neutral Society at the End of the Nineteenth and Beginning of the Twentieth Centuries......Page 128
The Quandary of Civil Society......Page 130
A Belated and Inconclusive Secularization......Page 131
The ‘Society of Cousins’: Solidarity Versus Individual Freedom......Page 132
Postscript......Page 134
NOTES......Page 136
Part III: HUMAN RIGHTS: MEETING UNIVERSAL STANDARDS?......Page 137
The Introduction of Human Rights and Democracy in European Foreign Policy......Page 138
The International Legal Order......Page 139
New Legal Instruments......Page 140
Traditional Principles of International Law......Page 141
Human Rights and Democracy within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership......Page 145
The Evolution of the Moroccan Legal Order......Page 146
The Flexibility of the Concept of Democracy......Page 148
Democracy, Problems of Implementation......Page 149
NOTES......Page 150
Introduction......Page 152
Some Commonly Recognized Rights......Page 153
The Driving Role Entrusted to Civil Society......Page 155
Human Rights: Discussion on Specificity......Page 156
Respect for Sovereignty......Page 157
Specificity......Page 158
Arab Counter-arguments for Human Rights......Page 159
Conclusion......Page 161
NOTES......Page 162
Part IV: DIALOGUE BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS......Page 165
Introduction......Page 166
The Functions of International Languages......Page 168
The Limitations of International Language......Page 171
Conclusion......Page 175
NOTES......Page 177
10 Towards a Viable Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Partnership......Page 178
The Problems of Cultural Cooperation in the EMP......Page 180
Simultaneous Progress in the Political, Economic and Cultural Chapters of Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation......Page 184
A Paradigm of Euro-Mediterranean Multicultural Cooperation......Page 186
The Universal Application of Mutually Acceptable Cultural Norms......Page 187
The Structures and Processes of Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Cooperation......Page 188
NOTES......Page 191
Mediterranean Identity through Constructivist Lenses......Page 193
The Mediterranean as a Community-Region?......Page 195
A Glance through the Book......Page 199
NOTES......Page 202
Bibliography......Page 203
Index......Page 217
