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Author : Marina Ottaway
Publisher : Carnegie Endowment
ISBN 13 : 0870032771
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Facade: Political Reform in the Arab World written by Marina Ottaway and published by Carnegie Endowment. This book was released on 2008 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marina Ottaway
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774162381
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Façade written by Marina Ottaway and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mehran Kamrava
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190934913
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Inside the Arab State written by Mehran Kamrava and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2011 Arab uprisings and their subsequent aftermath have thrown into question some of our long-held assumptions about the foundational aspects of the Arab state. While the regional and international consequences of the uprisings continue to unfold with great unpredictability, their ramifications for the internal lives of the states in which they unfolded are just as dramatic and consequential. States historically viewed as models of strength and stability have been shaken to their foundations. Borders thought impenetrable have collapsed; sovereignty and territoriality have been in flux. This book examines some of the central questions facing observers and scholars of the Middle East concerning the nature of power and politics before and after 2011 in the Arab world. The focus of the book revolves around the very nature of politics and the exercise of power in the Arab world, conceptions of the state, its functions and institutions, its sources of legitimacy, and basic notions underlying it such as sovereignty and nationalism. Inside the Arab State adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, examining a broad range of political, economic, and social variables. It begins with an examination of politics, and more specifically political institutions, in the Arab world from the 1950s on, tracing the travail of states, and the wounds they inflicted on society and on themselves along the way, until the eruption of the 2011 uprisings. The uprisings, the states' responses to them, and efforts by political leaders to carve out for themselves means of legitimacy are also discussed, as are the reasons for the emergence and rise of Daesh and the Islamic State. Power, I argue, and increasingly narrow conceptions of it in terms of submission and conformity, remains at the heart of Arab politics, popular protests and yearnings for change notwithstanding. Much has changed in the Arab world over the last several decades. But even more has stayed the same.
Author : Mark C. Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085773623X
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Saudi Arabia and the Path to Political Change written by Mark C. Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State-society dialogue in Saudi Arabia is one of the most contested issues in the country today, yet little is known about the National Dialogue process, and its relationship with Saudi society is frequently and widely misunderstood. The first to examine the Saudi Arabian National Dialogue process in its entirety, Mark C. Thompson investigates the relationship between the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue (KACND) and the key social constituencies of Saudi society. Since its establishment in 2003, the KACND has attempted to promote a culture of dialogue and has encouraged the debate of contentious socio-political issues by bringing individuals together from across the Kingdom. Drawing on Antonio Gramsci's theory of hegemony, the author asks whether the Saudi socio-political system is moving from a form of patrimonial state to one of ideological hegemony and, if this is the case, whether the KACND is a catalyst, or even a driving force, in this transition. Saudi Arabia and the Path to Political Change investigates the practices and the impact of the KACND and assesses the extent to which the institution's activities, and the ongoing National Dialogue process, represent a viable attempt to address emerging political concerns in Saudi Arabia. Covering pivotal issues including women's empowerment, public health and employment, the author here explores the extensive impact of the KACND's activities on internal cross-constituency communication and discourse and shows how the process relates to wider regime strategies and to the evolution of the Saudi polity. Based on approximately 120 interviews conducted in Saudi Arabia from 2009 to 2011 and drawing on the evidence of a wide range of focus groups and interviews with National Dialogue participants, KACND officials, government ministers, lawyers and journalists, this book provides a unique insight into the effects and consequences of Saudi National Dialogue, and questions the extent to which wider ideological debate is possible in the Kingdom.
Author : Mehran Kamrava
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520277805
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Modern Middle East, Third Edition written by Mehran Kamrava and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the Arab Spring, this title offers a classic treatise on the making of the contemporary Middle East remains essential reading for students and general readers who want to gain a better understanding of this diverse region.
Author : Beáta Paragi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786725800
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Foreign Aid in the Middle East written by Beáta Paragi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we mean by 'gifts' in International Relations? Can foreign aid be conceptualized as a gift? Most foreign aid transactions are unilateral and financially unreciprocated, yet donors expect to benefit from them.Previous research dealing with foreign aid has analyzed the main donor motives and interests in providing financial support. This book offers an in-depth analysis of the invisible political or social 'exchange' taking place between recipient countries and donors when a grant agreement is signed. Focusing on Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Israel - the main beneficiaries of Western foreign aid – the book uses gift theories and theories of social exchange to show how international social bonds are shaped by foreign aid and in what ways recipient countries are obliged to return the 'gift' they receive. Foreign aid is a means of buying 'stability' or 'democracy' in the region but Beata Paragi is interested here to understand the actual feasibility of Western assistance. Looking at the context of the Arab Spring, the book examines how aid impacts on a recipient country's domestic political events such as war, the quest for self-determination, the struggle against occupation and the fight for dignity. An original contribution to Middle East Studies and International Relations, the research presents an alternative interpretation of foreign aid and show how external funds interact with local developments and realities.
Author : Vera van Hüllen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137298529
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)
Download or read book EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring written by Vera van Hüllen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author explores the practice and effects of the European Union's democracy promotion efforts vis-à-vis its authoritarian neighbours in the Middle East and North Africa. She argues that the same set of factors facilitated both international cooperation of authoritarian regimes on democracy promotion and their persistence during the Arab Spring.
Author : Yousef Khalifa Al-Yousef
Publisher : Saqi Books
ISBN 13 : 0863561527
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (635 download)
Download or read book The Gulf Cooperation Council States written by Yousef Khalifa Al-Yousef and published by Saqi Books. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the oil boom of the 1970s, the Gulf Cooperation Council States have attempted to achieve economic stability and realise their development goals. Such efforts have so far been in vain, however, as these states' autocratic governments have closed off their political systems with the support of international allies, especially the United States. In this timely and exhaustive analysis of the political economies of the GCC since the 1970s to the present, Yousef Khalifa Al-Yousef examines the factors responsible for the failure of the states to achieve lasting change in development and security. Focusing on institutional structures where oil wealth has been confined to the few, and the consequences of failed legitimacy at home that has led to dependence on foreign powers, Al-Yousef charts the consistent disparities between governance and the needs of the local population, to the detriment of genuine development. Al-Yousef concludes that the only way to ensure stability and growth in the region is to dismantle the alliance of autocracy, oil and foreign powers. Instead, democracy and reform are key to ensuring stability in the region.
Author : M.A. Mohamed Salih
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135081158
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Economic Development and Political Action in the Arab World written by M.A. Mohamed Salih and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of North African revolt against authoritarianism, known as the ‘Arab Spring’, embraced reductionist explanations such as the social media, youth unemployment and citizens’ agitations to regain dignity in societies humiliated by oppressive regimes. This book illustrates that reductionist approaches can only elucidate some symptoms of a social problem while leaving unexplained the economic and political structures which contributed to it. One outcome of quiescence, resource-based ethnic and sectarian conflicts and faulty development paradigm is deepened inequality and a wedge between winners and losers or affluence, wealth and power vis-à-vis poverty and hunger among humiliated jobless and hope-less masses. The book blends theories of development and transition to explain the complex factors which contributed to North Africans’ revolt against authoritarianism and its long-term consequences for political development in the Arab World. This timely book is of great interest to researchers and students in Development Studies, Economics and Middle Eastern Studies as well as policy makers and democracy, human rights and social justice activists in the Arab world.
Author : Raymond Hinnebusch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317221885
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book After the Arab Uprisings written by Raymond Hinnebusch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arab Uprisings that began in 2010 removed four presidents and made more mobilized mass publics an increased factor in the politics of regional states. The main initial problematic of the Arab Uprising was how to translate mass protest into democratization and ultimately democratic consolidation; yet four years later, there was little democratization. This book explores various aspects of this question while, comparing outcomes in three states, Egypt, Syria and Tunisia. The introduction by Raymond Hinnebusch explores how far different starting points —the features of the regime and of the uprising--explain these pathways. Morten Valbjørn then considers the consequences of the Arab uprisings for the credibility of rival democratization and post-democratization paradigms. Vincent Durac examines the efficacy of anti-system social movements in challenging regimes but their inability to steer a democratic transition. Joshua Stacher examines the increased violence deployed by more conercive authoritarian regimes to prevent such a transition. Frede ́ric Volpi and Ewan Stein examine the conseuences of the relative balance between different kinds of Islamists for outcomes. James Allison then examines the impact of workers’ movements on democratic potentials. Adham Saouli assesses the mobilization of communal identities by ruling elites and counter-elites. Raymond Hinnebusch focuses on the negative impact on democratization of competitive external interference inside the uprising states. In Hinnebusch’s conclusion, the combined effects of the agency of these forces and the political, cultural, and economic contexts in which they operate are summarized. This book was previously published as a special issue of Democratization.
Author : Mehran Kamrava
Publisher : Hurst & Company Limited
ISBN 13 : 019938441X
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Arab Spring written by Mehran Kamrava and published by Hurst & Company Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Center for International and Regional Studies"--Title page.
Author : Rex Brynen
Publisher : Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555875992
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (759 download)
Download or read book Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World: Comparative experiences written by Rex Brynen and published by Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of processes of, and prospects for political reform in ten Arab countries. It is a comparative collection organized around a common analytical framework and asks questions such as how do governments define their brand of democracy and what is behind the democratization process?
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004346171
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Politics of Written Language in the Arab World written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politics of Written Language in the Arab World connects the fascinating field of contemporary written Arabic with the central sociolinguistic notions of language ideology and diglossia. Focusing on Egypt and Morocco, the authors combine large-scale survey data on language attitudes with in-depth analyses of actual language usage and explicit (and implicit) language ideology. They show that writing practices as well as language attitudes in Egypt and Morocco are far more receptive to vernacular forms than has been assumed. The individual chapters cover a wide variety of media, from books and magazines to blogs and Tweets. A central theme running through the contributions is the social and political function of “doing informality” in a changing public sphere steadily more permeated by written Arabic in a number of media.
Author : T. Guaaybess
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137301937
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book National Broadcasting and State Policy in Arab Countries written by T. Guaaybess and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art analysis of the situation of national television in Arab countries, addressing what Arab national broadcastings today say about public policy and political opening. The essays deal with the reforms of public broadcasting organizations and the evolution, perspectives and issues of national broadcasting.
Author : Dafna Hochman Rand
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812208412
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Roots of the Arab Spring written by Dafna Hochman Rand and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 2010, the self-immolation of a Tunisian vegetable vendor set off a wave of protests that have been termed the "Arab Spring." These protests upended the governments of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen while unsettling numerous other regimes throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Dafna Hochman Rand was a senior policy planner in the U.S. State Department as the uprisings unfolded. In Roots of the Arab Spring, she gives one of the first accounts of the systemic underlying forces that gave birth to the Arab Spring. Drawing on three years of field research conducted before the protests, Rand shows how experts overlooked signs that political change was stirring in the region and overestimated the regimes' strategic capabilities to manage these changes. She argues that the Arab Spring was fifteen years in the making, gradually inflamed by growing popular demand—and expectation—for free expression, by top-down restrictions on citizens' political rights, and by the failure of the region's autocrats to follow through on liberalizing reforms they had promised more than a decade earlier. An incisive account of events whose ramifications are still unfolding, Roots of the Arab Spring captures the tectonic shifts in the region that led to the first major political upheaval of the twenty-first century.
Author : Shahram Akbarzadeh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 041552055X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)
Download or read book American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East written by Shahram Akbarzadeh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were packaged as democracy promotion, as heralding the beginning of a new phase in the politics of the Middle East when democracy would replace authoritarian regimes. Many of these authoritarian regimes, however, were sustained by US support.
Author : Saliba Sarsar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793601674
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Democracy in Crisis around the World written by Saliba Sarsar and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twenty-first century, democracies across the globe are in crisis. The strength of basic democratic institutions and core enduring political principles and values are eroding in key regions and countries. Authoritarian regimes are rising and populist leaders are emerging. Democracy in Crisis across the World weaves threads of history and politics in two parts to analyze how long this trend may last and what the future may bring. By first examining the state of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa, the second part of the collection highlights to democratic trajectory of India, China, Russia, and the United States. Ending with a look at how the world’s governments have responded to the coronavirus pandemic, contributors argue that unless democracy is defended with resolution and nurtured with resilience, it will fall.
