Wacana Pemerintahan Demoktis dan Dinamika Politik di Negeri-negeri Timur Tengah: Saudi Arabia, Yordania, Mesir, Iran, dan Turki
Abstract
Democracy -which means an authority of the people as opposed to that of the ruler- fair general election, civil supremacy, equality before law, and government accountability are seemingly inapplicable in Arab countries. Applying democracy and sustaining it will require what Bernard Lewis calls ?gradual and deliberate change?, which will take these countries to a reform process from a political autocracy to an open and competitive political system. The same view is echoed by Robin Wright. To him, democracy in Arab countries will need a long time to take place. This is because culturally and socially speaking political freedom and individual participation in politics are hard to come by in these countries.
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