Libya's past, present, and vision of the future / by Mehmet Nesip Ogun, Serdar Yurtsever and Abdulkarim Said.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogun, Mehmet Nesip, author.

Yurtsever, Serdar, author.

Said, Abdulkarim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libya-Politics and government.

Libya--Politics and government.

Libya.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

The dynamics of religion, tribalism, oil and ideology have always been dominant in Libya, which is trying to establish a new order in the political arena after the Gadhafi regime and NATO intervention. This process, which has had painful side effects and faced various serious difficulties, is carried out with a certain system. This book examines the current political practices of Libya and the state administration process, and to studies the past and present administrative processes that are present in the social and cultural structure of Libyan society.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword

Introduction

List of Abbreviations

Chapter One

1.1. Some Major Concepts for Politics

1.1.1. The State

1.1.2. The Power

1.1.3. The Nation

1.1.4. Sovereignty

1.1.5. Liberty

1.1.6. Equality

1.1.7. Justice

1.1.8. Rights and Citizenship

1.1.9. Legitimacy

1.1.10. Authority

1.1.11. Ideology

1.1.12. Political Culture

1.1.13. Political Socialization

1.1.14. Political Participation

1.1.15. Political Representation

1.1.16. Political Parties and Interest Groups

1.2. A Selected Review on the History of Political Thought

1.2.1. Socrates (470-399 BC)

1.2.2. Plato (427-347 BC)

1.2.3. Aristotle (384-322 BC)

1.2.4. Polybius (200-120 BC)

1.2.5. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)

1.2.6. Machiavelli (1469-1527)

1.2.7. Jean Bodin (1530-1596)

1.2.8. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

1.2.9. John Locke (1632-1704)

1.2.10. Montesquieu (1689-1755)

1.2.11. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

1.2.12. Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836)

1.2.13. Benjamin Constant (1767-1830)

1.2.14. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)

1.2.15. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

1.2.16. Karl Marx (1818-1883)

1.2.17. Max Weber (1986-1920)

1.3. A Selected Review on Prominent Political Systems, Ideologies, and Forms of Government

1.3.1. Democracy

1.3.2. Republic

1.3.3. Absolute Monarchy

1.3.4. Constitutional Monarchy

1.3.5. Dictatorship

1.3.6. Totalitarianism

1.3.7. Authoritarianism

1.3.8. Theocracy

1.3.9. Oligarchy

1.3.10. Mixed Systems

1.3.11. Communism

1.3.12. Socialism

1.3.13. Fascism

1.3.14. Summary

1.4. Distribution of Power

1.4.1. Unitary

1.4.2. Confederation

1.4.3. Federal

1.5. Citizen Participation

Chapter Two.

2.1. Governance in Libya from the Past to the Gaddafi Perio

2.2. The Gaddafi Period

2.2.1. Interior Balance

2.2.2. Foreign Policy

2.2.3. Political Culture and Political Socialization

2.2.4. The Zawara Declaration

2.2.5. The Jamahiriya System

2.2.6. The Third Universal Theory

2.2.7. The Green Book

2.2.8. Political Life and Opposition

2.2.9. The Role of Tribes

2.2.10. From Rebellions to National Transitional Council

2.3. Democratization Efforts from 2011 to Present

2.3.1. Necessities for a Democratic State

2.3.2. Libyan Responsibilities and Challenges

2.3.3. Libyan Civil Society

2.3.4. Political Parties

2.4. The Effects of Past Political Culture to the Present

2.5. The Role of Informal Actors

2.5.1. Armed Nonstate Actors

2.5.2. Tribalism and Political Authority

2.5.3. Regional Competing Powers

2.6. The Impact of the Role of Islam as a National Identity

2.7. The Importance of Oil Production as a Means of Distributing Wealth

2.8. Future Prospects and Aspects of Libya

Conclusion

References.

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ISBN:

9781527547629

1527547620

OCLC:

1143756414