Arab spring : negotiating in the shadow of the intifadat / edited by I. William Zartman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zartman, I. William, editor.

Series:

Studies in security and international affairs.

Studies in security and international affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Negotiation--Political aspects--Arab countries.

Negotiation.

Revolutions--Arab countries--History--21st century.

Revolutions.

Protest movements--Arab countries--21st century.

Protest movements.

Democratization--Arab countries--History--21st century.

Democratization.

Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.

Arab countries.

Arab countries--Armed Forces--Political activity--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 p.)

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beginning in January 2011, the Arab world exploded in a vibrant demand for dignity, liberty, and achievable purpose in life, rising up against an image and tradition of arrogant, corrupt, unresponsive authoritarian rule. These previously unpublished, country specific case studies of the uprisings and their still unfolding political aftermaths identify patterns and courses of negotiation and explain why and how they occur. The contributors argue that in uprisings like the Arab Spring negotiation is "not just a 'nice' practice or a diplomatic exercise." Rather, it is a "dynamically multilevel"

Contents:

Cover; Contents; About the Processes of International Negotiation (PIN) Program; Acknowledgments; Negotiations in Transitions: A Conceptual Framework; Tunisia: Beyond the Ideological Cleavage: Something Else; Egypt: Can a Revolution Be Negotiated?; Yemen: Negotiations with Tribes, States, and Memories; Algeria: The Negotiations That Aren't; Morocco: The Struggle for Political Legitimacy; Bahrain: The Dynamics of a Conflict; Libya: Negotiations for Transition; Syria: Aspirations and Fragmentations; NATO: The Process of Negotiating Military Intervention in Libya

Serbia: Moderation as a Double-Edged Sword South Africa: Negotiated Transition to Democracy; Lessons for Theory: Negotiating for Order and Legitimacy; Lessons for Policy; Contributors; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8203-4826-0

OCLC:

918892725