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Dr Francesco Cavatorta

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Dr Francesco Cavatorta

Biographical Details:

1995, B.A. Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Italy. 1998, M.A. International Relations, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA. 2004, PhD Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Research Interests:

Processes of democratisation in the Arab world. Radical Islamic groups, with a specific focus on Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia. The international relations of the Middle East and North Africa; the Arab-Israeli conflict. European Union policy-making. Italian political parties and institutions.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

Selected Books

  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. Civil Society Activism under Authoritarian Rule: A Comparative Perspective, Routledge, 2012.
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta and Dr. Vincent Durac. Civil Society and Democratisation in the Arab world: the Dynamics of Activism, Routledge, 2010.
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta and Dr.Vincent Durac (eds.). The foreign policies of the EU and the US policies in North Africa. Converging or diverging dynamics?, Routledge, 2009.
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. The Failure of Democratisation in Algeria: Islam, democracy and the international community, Manchester University Press, 2009.
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta and Dr. Frederic Volpi (eds.). Forgetting Democratization? Recasting power and authority in a plural Muslim world, Routledge, 2007.

Selected Chapters

  • Francesco Cavatorta and Emanuela Dalmasso. 2012. The emerging power of civil society? the human rights doctrine. Contemporary Morocco: State, politics and society under Mohammed VI, pp120-135.
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. 2011. International politics of the Middle East. The Middle East
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. 2011. The Middle East and North Africa. The Handbook of Democratization
  • Francesco Cavatorta and Azzam Elananza. 2010. Show me the money! The role of western funding for civil society organisations in Jordan and Lebanon. Political Opposition in the Middle East: contentious politics, authoritarianism and state-society relations
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. 2009. The Jamiat al-Adl wal-Ihsan: Religion, political opposition and stalled democratisation in Morocco. Religion and Politics in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. 2009. North Africa and the Middle East. Democratization in a Globalised World
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. 2009. Au front du vrai choc? Le conflit entre laïques et religieux en Israël et ses conséquences sur le dialogue des civilisations. L¿Islam et l¿Occident. Biopsies d¿un dialogue
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. 2008. A Clash of Civilizations inside the MENA countries? Islamist versus Secular Civil Society and the failure of pro-democracy policies. Clash or Cooperation of Civilizations? North Africa and the Middle East as Regions of Overlapping Identities and Integration Processes
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. 2007. The Role of Democratization in Reducing the Appeal of Extremist Groups in North Africa and the Middle East. Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta. 2003. Le choc et la civilisation: representation, rhetorique et legitimite populaire. Et puis vint le 11 Septembre..., pp153-176.
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  • Francesco Cavatorta, 'Engaging authoritarianism. The European Union, Syria and normative power', UACES Annual Conference, 01-SEP-08 - 03-SEP-08, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Francesco Cavatorta, "Tyrants and Terrorists: Authoritarian Consolidation as Counter-Terrorism. The case of the Middle East and North Africa", International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference, 26-MAR-08 - 29-MAR-08, San Francisco, USA
  • Francesco Cavatorta and Vincent Durac, "Divergence or Convergence? The European Union and the United States security Policies in the Middle East and North Africa", Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), 17-NOV-07 - 20-NOV-07, Montreal, Canada
  • Francesco Cavatorta, A Clash of Civilisations within civil society? The failure of pro-democracy policies in North Africa., Clash of Civilisation or Cooperation of Civilisation?, 23-AUG-07 - 24-AUG-07, Centre for Comparative Integration Studies, University of Aalborg, Denmark
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Between participation and revolution. The case of the Moroccan Jamiat al-Adl wal-Ihsan, ECPR Joint Sessions, 07-MAY-07 - 12-MAY-07, Helsinki, Finland
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Divided they stand, divided the fail. Opposition politics in Morocco, UACES Workshop on the EU and the Mediterranean, 21-APR-07 - 22-APR-07, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark,
  • Francesco Cavatorta and Azzam Elananza, Show me the money. The role of western funding for civil society organisations in Jordan and Lebanon, Eighth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, 21-MAR-07 - 25-MAR-07, Florence, Italy
  • Francesco Cavatorta and Azzam Elananza, The power of civil society? Evidence from Algeria, Lebanon and Jordan, Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association (BISA), 18-DEC-06 - 20-DEC-06, Cork, Ireland
  • Francesco Cavatorta and Azzam Elananza, The secular/religious divide within Arab civil society. Evidence from Algeria, Lebanon and Jordan, Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), 18-NOV-06 - 21-NOV-06, Boston, USA
  • Francesco Cavatorta and Azzam Elananza, The Authoritarian nature of Arab civil society? The interactions of secular and religious organisations in Jordan and Lebanon, Annual Conference of the Political Science Association of Ireland (PSAI), 20-OCT-06 - 22-OCT-06, Cork Ireland
  • Dr. Francesco Cavatorta and Dr. Vincent Durac, Western Democracy Promotion in the Middle East and the War on Terror: The Case of Tunisia., 2nd World Congress in Middle East Studies, 06-JUN-06 - 16-JUN-06, Amman, Jordan
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Sylvia Kritzinger and Raj S. Chari, Spectacular failure or cunning plan? The EU, the Barcelona Process and the case of Morocco, XIX Congress of the Societa Italiana di Scienza Politica,, 21-SEP-05 - 23-SEP-05, Cagliari, Italy
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Civil Society, Islamism and Democratisation. The case of Morocco, 3rd ECPR General Conference, 06-SEP-05 - 08-SEP-05, Budapest, Hungary
  • Francesco Cavatorta, At the coalface of the real clash? The secular-religious divide in Israel, Fourth International GEPANC Conference (Political Studies on Contemporary North Africa), 06-MAY-05 - 08-MAY-05, Quebec City, Canada
  • Francesco Cavatorta and Frederic Volpi, Post-Cold War Democratisation in the Muslim World: Domestic, Regional and Global Trends, ECPR Joint Sessions, 14-APR-05 - 19-APR-05, Granada, Spain
  • Francesco Cavatorta, The War on Terror - Perspectives from Radical Islamic Groups, The War on Terror - Three Years On Royal Irish Academy, 26-NOV-04 - 26-NOV-04, Dublin
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Civil society, democracy and Islam. The case of Morocco, Political Science Association of Ireland (PSAI) Annual Conference, 15-OCT-04 - 17-OCT-04, Limerick, Ireland
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Sylvia Kritzinger and Raj Chari, Continuities and Change in Party Positions Towards Europe: An Examination of Italian Parties' Euro-Manifestos, American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Conference, 01-SEP-04 - 05-SEP-04, Chicago, USA
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Internal-External Linkages in Processes of Democratisation. The Case of Morocco, European Consortium Political Reserach (ECPR) Conference, 18-SEP-03 - 21-SEP-03, Marburg, Germany
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Sylvia Kritzinger and Raj Chari, Continuities and Change in Party Positions Towards Europe: An Examination of Italian Parties' Euro-Manifestos, The Europeanisation of the Italian Political System, 01-JUN-03 - 03-JUN-03, Florence, Italy
  • Francesco Cavatorta and Ben Tonra, Normative foundations in EU foreign, security and defence policy. The case of the Middle East Peace process, ECPR-Joint Sessions, 28-MAR-03 - 02-APR-03, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Western attitudes to radical Islam: a comparative and historical perspective, DEI Seminar Series, 01-OCT-02 - 01-OCT-02, Dublin, Ireland
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Constructing an open model of transitions. International variables and the Democratization Process in North Africa, American Political Science Association (APSA)Annual Conference, 29-AUG-02 - 01-SEP-02, Boston, USA
  • Francesco Cavatorta, Nalini Persram and Shiera el Malik, The Clash and 'Civilisation': Policy, populace and international legitimacy, The Clash of Civilisations: forum for discussion., 13-JUN-02 - 17-JUN-02, Rabat, Morocco
  • Francesco Cavatorta, The West and the failed democratization of North Africa: the cases of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria, Democratisation in Comparative Perspective, 15-OCT-01 - 17-OCT-01, Center International Studies, Duke University, USA
  • Francesco Cavatorta, The Impact of the International dimension on transitions to democracy and back: the case of Algeria, World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), 01-AUG-00 - 06-AUG-00, Quebec City, Canada,
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