Vol. 11 No. 060 (2023): Issue 060

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 60th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue features five studies in a special issue on the State of Political Science in the Arab World. The articles include an introduction: "Political Science in the Arab World" by the guest editor of this issue Abdelwahab El-Affendi, in addition to "The State of Political Science in Egypt: The Experience of the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University" by Marwa Fikry; "Teaching Political Science in Sudanese Universities: Formation and Development" by Hassan Elhagali Ahmed and Yasir Awad Abdalla; "The Crisis Of The Political Science Major In The Algerian University: Paradoxes Of A Six-Decade Leap Since National Independence" by Abdelkader Abdelali, Lubna Jassas, and Qassem Hajjaj; "Transformations of Political Science in the Tunisian University: A Case Study of the Faculty of Law and Political Science" by Chaker Houki; and "The Marginalization of Quantitative Methods in Arab Political Science: Inferential Statistics as an Example" by Abdelkarim Amengay and Alan Aloskan.The issue also contains the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/11-30/12/2022, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Ahmed Qasem Hussein's book review of Methodological Issues in Political Science, History, Law, and Demography edited by Morad Diani.

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Published: 2023-01-01

Articles

  • The State of Political Science in Egypt: The Experience of the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Economics a

    Author: Marwa Fekry
    21-49
    ​This paper examines the state of Political Science in Egypt, suggesting that the Egyptian school of Political Science is facing a crisis and analyses the reasons why. It particularly focuses on...
  • The Marginalization of Quantitative Methods in Arab Political Science: Inferential Statistics as an Example Cited once

    Author: Abdelkarim Amengay, Alan Aloskan
    111-126
    ​Over the past decade, political science in Algeria has faced a profound crisis, characterized by a decrease in student enrollment due to shrinking job opportunities for graduates. This follows a...
  • Methodological Issues in Political Science, History, Law, and Demography

    Author: Ahmed Qasem Hussein
    157-162
    This book includes a collection of distinguished research contributions in political science and international relations, in addition to the fields of historical studies and anthropology.
  • Political Science in the Arab World Cited once

    Author: Abdelwahab El Affendi
    7-20
    This introductory essay highlights the considerations that prompted this in-depth look at the state of political science in Arab academic institutions, and made it essential. For political science,...
  • Teaching Political Science in Sudanese Universities: Formation and Development

    Author: Hassan El Haj Ali, Yasir Awad Abdalla
    50-61
    This study examines the foundations and development of teaching political science in Sudanese universities. It begins with the establishment of Gordon Memorial College in 1902 which became later...
  • The Crisis Of The Political Science Major In The Algerian University: Paradoxes Of A Six-Decade Leap Since National Independ

    Author: Abdelkader Abdelali, Lubna Jassas, Qassem Hajjaj
    63-81
    ​This introductory essay highlights the considerations that prompted this in-depth look at the state of political science in Arab academic institutions, and made it essential. For political...
  • Transformations of Political Science in the Tunisian University: A Case Study of the Faculty of Law and Political Science

    Author: Chaker Houki
    82-109
    ​This study examines the foundations and development of teaching political science in Sudanese universities. It begins with the establishment of Gordon Memorial College in 1902 which became later...
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    129-133
    ​ In order to keep pace with trends in Western studies that became popular in the early twenty-first century, this study addresses the status of political science in the Tunisian University,...
  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    134-148
    ​This section highlights the most prominent political documents related to the democratic transition in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish a number of documents from Sudan, Tunisia,...
  • Palestine Over Two Months

    150-154
    ​This section highlights the most prominent political documents related to the democratic transition in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish a number of documents from Sudan, Tunisia,...