TY - JOUR T1 - Democratization in the Gulf Monarchies and American Civil Society AU - Azam, M. Nazrul İslam And Muhammad AU - Azam, Muhammad PY - 2010 DA - June JF - Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations PB - Yalova University WT - DergiPark SN - 2146-0809 SP - 8 EP - 25 VL - 9 IS - 3 LA - en AB - The paper deals with the efforts made by American private sector and civil society actors after 2000 to popularize democratic values and norms in the six Gulf states, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The study is focused on areas including politics, education, culture, media, human rights, and women empowerment. The paper also deals with approaches adopted, goals and objectives set and strategies devised and employed by the American NGOs regarding democracy promotion in the Gulf region. KW - civil society KW - democratic values and norms KW - democratization KW - human rights KW - women empowerment UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/alternatives/issue//20810 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/19251 ER -