Existing civil society institutions provide support when nations transition from authoritarian to democratic rule. A recent set
case
of
studies occurred in the wave of governmental transitions known as the Arab Spring (2012 and 2013). Read this discussion
of the role of civil society in the Middle East C
A mistrust of Western ideals provides one challenge in supporting civil society on a global scale, especially when supporting
transitional democracies in the Middle East. This is because some belleve
that civil society is a Western concept. Based on the
article above, the definition for civil society you developed, and additional research you do
on your own, write a 250-word
analysis of the challenges to growing civil society and democratic practices in the Middle East (such as resistance to Western
Ideals, Western funding, and Western Involvement in local affairs),