Foreword / Antonio Badini -- Introduction : The Euro-Mediterranean partnership in perspective : the political and institutional context / Stefania Panebianco -- A challenge for EU Mediterranean policy : upgrading democracy from threat to risk / Béchir Chourou -- Democratization and the Arab world : different perspectives and multiple options / Rodolfo Ragionieri -- The foreign policy of a civilian power? The European Union in the Mediterranean / Stelios Stavridis and Justin Hutchence -- Civil society in the Euro-Mediterranean arena / Fifi Benaboud -- The EuroMed Civil Forum : critical 'watchdog' and intercultural mediator / Annette Jünemann -- Civil society, God and cousins : the case of the Middle East / Youssef Mouawad -- Human rights and democracy in the European legal order : the Euro-Mediterranean partnership / Jamila Houfaidi Settar -- Human rights in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership : overcoming the culturalist-universalist divide / Abdelwahab Biad -- Speaking the same language : the benefits and pitfalls of English / Raymond Cohen -- Towards a viable Euro-Mediterranean cultural partnership / Mohammad El-Sayed Selim -- Conclusion : Towards a Mediterranean cultural identity / Stefania Panebianco
Summary
In this volume, concepts of democracy, civil society, human rights and dialogue among civilizations in the Mediterranean region are addressed in the context of the new Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-205) and index
