Political Aid and Arab Activism - Democracy Promotion, Justice, and Representation

Informationen zum Autor Sheila Carapico is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Richmond and Visiting Professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo. The author of Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia (Cambridge University Press, 1998), she has also researched and written about Yemeni, Egyptian and Arab political activism; American foreign policy in the Middle East; and the politics of international political aid. Klappentext Details the effects of political aid in the Middle East by analyzing discursive and professional practices in four key subfields. Zusammenfassung Details the effects of political aid in the Middle East by analyzing discursive and professional practices in four key subfields. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: democracy promotion in theory and practice; 1. Legal jurisdictions; 2. Electoral representation; 3. Patronizing women; 4. Denationalizing civic activism; Conclusions: political aid for justice, representation, equality, and freedom.

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• Authors: Sheila Carapico, Sheila (University of Richmond) Carapico
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2013
• EAN: 9780521199919
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19991-9
• No. of pages: 261
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies; Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education