الدولة و المجتمع في البلاد العربية من منظار جويل ميغدال : دراسة في المواءمة المنهجية

Abstract EN

This study examines the possibility to use Joel Migdal's state-society theoretical framework to explain the interaction between state-society in the Arab region.

The analytical framework presented by Migdal was interpreted and then projected to explain the pattern of the relationship between the state and society in the Arab world.

The study concluded that the theoretical approach presented by Joel Migdal, despite its great importance, remains indefinite in its patterns, as it needs conceptualization and supervision according to the nature of the case study in question.

In contrast to the European experience in which societal forces were able to reach consensus formulas with the ruling elites, achieving advanced levels of mutual empowerment, the creation of most Arab countries was due to international powers' conflicts.

Therefore, the weakness of Arab civil society is caused by the structural weakness of the state, which tightens the screws on civil society institutions, and dominates them and directs their activities.