Understanding Tahrir Square - What Transitions Elsewhere Can Teach Us About Prospects for Arab

Informationen zum Autor Stephen R. Grand Klappentext "Amid the current turmoil in the Middle East, Understanding Tahrir Square sounds a rare optimistic note. Surveying countries in other parts of the world during their transitions to democracy, author Stephen Grand argues that the long-term prospects in many parts of the Arab world are actually quite positive. If the current polarization and political violence in the region can be overcome, democracy will eventually take root. The key to this change will likely be ordinary citizens-foremost among them the young protestors of the Arab Spring who have filled the region's public spaces-most famously, Egypt's Tahrir Square.The book puts the Arab Spring in comparative perspective. It reveals how globalization and other changes are upending the expectations of citizens everywhere about the relationship between citizen and state. Separate chapters examine the experiences of countries in the former Eastern bloc, in the Muslim-majority states of Asia, in Latin America, and in Sub-Saharan Africa during the recent Third Wave of democratization. What these cases show is that, at the end of the day, democracy requires democrats.Many complex factors go into making a democracy successful, such as the caliber of its political leaders, the quality of its constitution, and the design of its political institutions. But unless there is clear public demand for new institutions to function as intended, political leaders are unlikely to abide by the limits those institutions impose. If American policymakers want to support the brave activists struggling to bring democracy to the Arab world, helping them cultivate an effective political constituency for democracy-in essence, growing the Tahrir Square base-should be the lodestar of U.S. assistance." Zusammenfassung Surveying countries in other parts of the world during their transitions to democracy! this book argues that the long-term prospects in many parts of the Arab world are actually quite positive. It puts the Arab Spring in comparative perspective. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephen R. Grand, Grand Stephen R.
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.04.2014
• EAN: 9780815725169
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-2516-9
• Seiten: 274
• Serien: Saban Center at the Brookings; Saban Center at the Brookings
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political structures: democracy, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, North Africa, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions