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Democratisation in the Middle East : dilemmas and perspectives / edited by Birgitte Rahbek.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democratization--Middle East.
- Democratization.
- Middle East--Politics and government--1979-.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- Other Title:
- Democratization in the Middle East
- Place of Publication:
- Aarhus ; Oakville, CT : Aarhus University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The main aim of the book is to provide a forum for opinions held by Arabs who are neither Western puppets nor fanatical nationalists or Islamists, but rather academics with a vast knowledge of the Middle East as well as of the West.
- Contents:
- Front Matter; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. The UNDP's Arab Human Development. Reports and their readings; 2. Prospects for democratisation in the Middle East; 3. US and European support to democratic reform: The intentions and practices as seen from the Middle East; 4. Do Europe and the USA really want democratic reforms in Syria?; 5. The crises in the Palestinian National Movement and the struggle for Palestinian democracy; 6. A Palestinian view on the role of Western NGOs in promoting democracy and especially women's rights in the Middle East
- 7. The limits of political reform in Saudi Arabia8. American and Western political initiatives in the Middle East; 9. Democratisation in future Iraq; 10. The democratic dilemmas in Iraq; 11. Islamophobia in Europe and its impact on the push for democratisation in the Arab world; Biographies
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9788779349117
- 8779349110
- OCLC:
- 191928921
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