1st Edition
Al Jazeera and Democratization The Rise of the Arab Public Sphere
Introduction 1 Methodology 2 A Critical Assessment of the Existing Literature 3 Democratization: The Frameworks, the Narratives and the Arab Dilemma 4 Beyond the Systemic Approach: Al Jazeera Reshapes the Media-Politics Relationship 5 The Arab Public Sphere in the Context of the Current Debate 6 The New Public Sphere in the Process of Arab Democratization 7 Liberating the Media as a Precondition for Democracy 8 Televising the Arab Spring: Real-time Democratization? Conclusion
Biography
Ezzeddine Abdelmoula is Manager of Research at Al Jazeera Centre for Studies. He has edited books and contributed chapters and research papers including: "A Non-systemic Approach to the Media-politics Relationship" in Journal of US-China Public Administration and "Al-Jazeera & Televised Revolution: The Case of Tunisia", Routledge Handbook of the Arab Spring. His research interests cover international politics, democratization, media, and Middle East politics.
