MIGRATION AND MODERNITY IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE ARAB SPRING

NOWADAYS, WHEN TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, STABILITY, WELL -BEING AND PEACE, ONE WOULD ALWAYS REFER TO A SINGLE WORD, DEFINING FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY AND FOR THE SO FAR EVOLUTION OF HUMANS, SOCIETIES AND STATES – DEMOCRACY. CONSIDERED A DECISIVE AND ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR WELL -BEING AND POWER, DEMOCRACY REPRESENTS A REALITY FOR THE MOST DEVELOPED PARTS OF THE EARTH, AS WELL AS A MUST-BE FOR EVERYONE ELSE. HOWEVER, THE ROAD TO DEMOCRACY HAS TOO OFTEN BEEN UNDERESTIMATED AND THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY PROVED TO BE TRICKY FOR STATE EVOLUTION, BECOMING A WEAKNESS FOR THE STATE AND SOCIETY WHEN THE DEMOCRATIZATION WENT WRONG. AT THE VERY FOUNDATION O F THIS ROAD STANDS MODERNIZATION. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE POSSIBILITY OF DEMOCRACY, THE MAIN ISSUE IN DEBATE IS THE LEVEL OF MODERNIZATION AND THE MODERNITY ACHIEVED. BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT REPRESENTATIVE OF A SOCIETY, THE POPULATION IS BOTH THE FIRST CA TEGORY AFFECTED BY CHANGE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF IT. THE SPRING AS WELL AS THE SPREAD OF IDEAS IS CARRIED OUT BY PEOPLE; AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE ON THE MOVE, IT IS THE FIRST SIGN THAT ONE IDEA, ONE PHENOMENON OR ONE IDEAL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME CHANGE ITSELF.

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