| Description |
xv, 207 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
The reference shelf ; v. 84, no. 2 |
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Reference shelf ; v. 84, no. 2.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Whither the Arab spring? Government in the Arab world: monarchy, pan-Arab socialism, and Islamism / Paul McCaffrey ; The long revolt / Rami G. Khouri ; The Arab autumn / Stephen L. Carter ; Neoconservatives and the Arab spring / Joshua Muravchik ; World citizen: don't call it the "Arab spring" just yet / Frida Ghitis ; The dark side of the Arab spring / Jonathan Aitken ; Arab spring transforms North Africa's media landscape / Peter Feuilherade ; Arab spring and the Mukhabarat moment / Ed Blanche -- 2. The awakening of revolution in Tunisia. Why Tunisia? / Paul McCaffrey ; That other Tunisia / Graham Usher ; From people to citizens in Tunisia / Nadia Marzouki ; What future for Tunisia's economy? / The Middle East ; Assessing Tunisia's elections / Dale Sprusansky -- 3. Egypt: Tahrir Square and after. Egyptian politics: Nasserism and the Muslim brotherhood / Paul McCaffrey ; Egypt's Islamists: a cautionary tale / Hillel Fradkin and Lewis Libby ; Bloody democracy / Mike Giglio ; Revolution returns to Tahrir Square / Bel Trew ; With eye on political power, Egypt's Muslim brotherhood treads carefully after election win / Hamza Hendawi -- 4. Libya: Qaddafi's downfall. The strange odyssey of Muammar Qaddafi / Paul McCaffrey ; "Qaddafi gave us no choice" / Anjali Kamat ; Libya: where will the chips fall? / Adel Darwish ; My walk through the valley of death /Janine di Giovanni ; Black and white in Libya / Asne Seierstad ; False ending / Sophie McBain ; Libyan "crossfire" / Charles Krauthammer -- 5. Syria: twilight of the Assad regime? Deep divisions: Syrian society and politics / Paul McCaffrey ; Syrian stalemate? / The Middle East ; Syria's Assad on the ropes? / Patrick Seale ; Assad's hope of survival / Ed Blanche ; Out of the shadow of fear / Asne Seierstad ; Inside the city of fear / James Harkin -- 6. Elsewhere on the Arabian peninsula: Bahrain and Yemen. A country divided: Yemen's plight / Paul McCaffrey ; Chill winds follow dawn of the Arab spring / Brian Dooley, Nick Redmayne, and a special correspondent in Damascus ; Bahrain commission issues brutal critique of Arab spring crackdown / Elizabeth Dickinson ; Divided they stand / Haley Sweetland Edwards ; Yemeni president hands over power, but little changes / Sudarsan Raghavan ; Clampdown in Bahrain / Scheherezade Faramarzi -- 7. The political economy of revolution. The economics of the Arab world /Paul McCaffrey ; The economics of the Arab spring / Adeel Malik ; Restructuring U.S. foreign assistance in the wake of the Arab spring / Mathew O'Sullivan ; Working-class revolutions? / Joel Beinin ; Punishing doctors in Bahrain / Ala'a Shehabi ; Yemenis hopeless about economy as revolt continues / Richard Burkholder ; The island at the center of the world: the silencing of Bahrain's crisis / Derek Henry Flood. |
| Subject |
Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Democratization -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century.
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Protest movements -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
McCaffrey, Paul, 1977-
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| ISBN |
9780824211165 |
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0824211162 |
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9780824212490 series |
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0824212495 series |
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