demonstrations and riots throughout Tunisia in protest of social and political issues in the country. The public’s anger and violence intensified following Bouazizi’s death‚ leading then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to step down on 14 January 2011‚ after 23 years in power. To date‚ these revolutions are ongoing following by many regime changes i-e from dictatorship to democracy. The countries that have yet suffered most from these revolutions include mainly Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Libya and Syria. Causes
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relatives are fighting for their country and we’re told that civilian casualties are going down when in fact there are 1‚500 previously unreported deaths‚ there’s something wrong with that picture. Outside of the U.S. WikiLeaks has made an impact in Tunisia when they published remarks made by Ambassador Robert Godec stating that the government’s inner circles were corrupt. The leaks added with the already tumultuous anger at the government pushed Tunisians over the edge‚ and they overthrew the corrupt
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words “It’s my body; it’s not the source on anyone’s honor‚” written across her chest. While this political act would not be taken so seriously in many countries‚ unfortunately‚ in Tunisia‚ a primarily Muslim nation‚ it caused much uproar. The head of "Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice‚" in Tunisia reportedly ordered that Tyler be stoned to death for her “obscene actions.” While these plans were never carried out‚ Tyler did have to endure being beaten‚ kidnapped‚ and drugged
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23 The geopolitics of internet control Censorship‚ sovereignty‚ and cyberspace Ronald J. Deibert In early 2007‚ the online mapping service Google Earth provided a feature on the ongoing political crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Not long afterwards‚ however‚ an aid worker based inside Sudan reported not being able to properly load the map‚ receiving an error message in his browser stating “This product is not available in your country.” Upon further inspection‚ the source of the inaccessibility
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How important is civil society to bringing about political and social change? In this essay we will explore the varying importance of civil society in different countries and across periods of time and how this relative importance is reflected in its capability for both political and social change; the former relating to a modification in the political structure or constitution and the latter an alteration in social order within society. A civil society is defined as ‘a diverse sphere of social
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Jasmine Revolution ( Tunisia Revolution): On December 17‚ 2010 the protest started in the city of Sidi when a 26 year old fruit and vegetable vendor burned himself in front of municipal office. In following 3 weeks protests continued Ben Ali dismisses the minister of the interior. The move fails to quiet demonstrations. Ben Ali again came up with large concessions on state TV‚ but clashes grew more violent. State of emergency was declared with same ministries which outburst population even greater
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communication tools for Egyptian people after the Egyptian government starts shutting down the internet for the whole country (Brian 2012 Anonymous). The hacktivisim is used to search for freedom in Arab spring country from the dictatorial government. In Tunisia and Egypt‚ anonymous took down the government websites‚ and allowed people to enter the websites‚ and post their messages in the government consider it as freedom of speech as the websites own by the people not by the government (Kris 2011). Hacktivism
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Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. The economies of China and India are considered to be the largest.[1] According to The Economist many people find the term outdated‚ but no new term has yet to gain much traction.[2] Emerging market hedge fund capital reached a record new level in the first quarter of 2011 of $121 billion.[3] The seven largest emerging and developing economies by either nominal GDP or GDP (PPP) are
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Abstract United States has had a greater impact on global democratization‚ for better or for worse‚ than any other country during the past century. No country has used its vast political‚ cultural‚ economic‚ and military resources toward recreating other states in its own image. Not surprisingly‚ U.S involvement in democracy promotion has attracted such great attention‚ together with a good deal of skepticism and suspicion. In fact‚ the building blocks of U.S. democracy promotion have come into
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Egypt’s Culture and Political System Michael Humphrey SOC 315: Cross- Cultural Perspectives John Theodore June 3‚ 2013 Egypt’s Culture and Political System The Egyptian culture is considered one of the oldest cultures in human history. Surprisingly‚ it almost has some of gender equality except that it needs more to consider‚ in order achieving the third Millennium Development Goal‚ which talks of achieving gender equity/equality and women empowerment
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