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Getting to Pluralism
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2012; US$ 15.99Pluralism in the Arab world has not yet matured into functional democratic politics. While ruling establishments, Islamist movements, and secular parties have introduced a much greater degree of pluralism into Arab societies, the imbalance of power and interdependence among these actors limits both the degree of political diversity and its effectiveness... more...
The Arab Uprising
PublicAffairs 2013; US$ 15.99Barely a year after the self-immolation of a young fruit seller in Tunisia, a vast wave of popular protest has convulsed the Middle East, overthrowing long-ruling dictators and transforming the region?s politics almost beyond recognition. But the biggest transformations of what has been labeled as the ?Arab Spring? are yet to come. An insider to... more...
The Arab Revolts
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 23.99The 2011 eruptions of popular discontent across the Arab world, popularly dubbed the Arab Spring, were local manifestations of a regional mass movement for democracy, freedom, and human dignity. Authoritarian regimes were either overthrown or put on notice that the old ways of oppressing their subjects would no longer be tolerated. These essays from... more...
The Arab Spring, Democracy and Security
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00This volume analyzes the political, economic and strategic dimensions of the recent upheavals in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring. Mass demonstrations in many Arab states challenged the political status quo and the existing political and cultural system in the region. While it is too early to offer a definitive analysis of the impact of... more...
Muslim Secular Democracy
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 90.00The book offers a nuanced and innovative analyses of the emergence of an inclusive secular democratic state paradigm which incorporates the sacred within the framework of secular democracy in the Muslim World. more...
Democracy in Iran
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 45.00Democratic government is something that has eluded Iran despite a series of non-violent revolutions aimed at establishing a system of governance that would promote both public freedom and political accountability. This explores the obstacles to the growth of democracy in Iran and posits a plan for non-violent action to help Iranians achieve it. more...
Political Learning and Citizenship Education Under Conflict
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 170.00The central objective of this book is to analyze the characteristics of the social contexts and environments in conflict situations, and the impact that these socializing environments may have on the political learning and emerging citizenship orientations of youngsters. Special attention is given to the socializing environments of Palestinian and... more...
Democratization in the Middle East
United Nations University Press 2003; US$ 21.95This title addresses a numbernb of issues determining the success or failure of sustainable democratization in the region. Drawing on analyses of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, it examines patterns of democratization, and political and economic transition. more...
Oman
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 168.00Oman is the inheritor of a unique political tradition, the imama, and has a special place in the Arab Islamic world. This work covers the geography, politics, and culture of Oman from the sixteenth century. Drawing on Western as well as Islamic political theory, it analyses the different historical and geopolitical roles of this strategic country. more...
Fear and Anxiety in the Arab World
UPF 2003; US$ 59.95''A fascinating study of the role of fear and anxiety in shaping Middle Eastern political behavior.''--Monte Palmer, professor emeritus, Florida State University Michel Nehme is the first to argue that a little-discussed aspect of Arab society and government--the fear that is both used as a weapon by government and felt by the people--has created... more...









