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The second Arab awakening : and the battle for pluralism / Marwan Muasher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muasher, Marwan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arab Spring, 2010-.
- Revolutions--Arab countries--History--21st century.
- Revolutions.
- Pluralism--Arab countries.
- Pluralism.
- Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.
- Arab countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Connecticut ; London : Yale University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This important book is not about immediate events or policies or responses to the Arab Spring. Instead, it takes a long, judicious view of political change in the Arab world, beginning with the first Awakening in the nineteenth century and extending into future decades when-if the dream is realized-a new Arab world defined by pluralism and tolerance will emerge. Marwan Muasher, former foreign minister of Jordan, asserts that all sides-the United States, Europe, Israel, and Arab governments alike-were deeply misguided in their thinking about Arab politics and society when the turmoil of the Arab Spring erupted. He explains the causes of the unrest, tracing them back to the first Arab Awakening, and warns of the forces today that threaten the success of the Second Arab Awakening, ignited in December 2010. Hope rests with the new generation and its commitment to tolerance, diversity, the peaceful rotation of power, and inclusive economic growth, Muasher maintains. He calls on the West to rethink political Islam and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and he discusses steps all parties can take to encourage positive state-building in the freshly unsettled Arab world.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Note to the Reader
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I Understanding the Awakening
- II From Awakening to Pluralism
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780300188356
- 0300188358
- OCLC:
- 868965335
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