How the West Stole Democracy From the Arabs

The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportunity.

About the author

Elizabeth F. Thompson is a leading historian of the modern Middle East and Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace at American University's School of International Service. She is the author of two previous books, Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon, winner of two national book prizes, and Justice Interrupted: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in the Middle East, published by Harvard University Press.

Summary

The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportunity.

Foreword

The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportunity.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth F. Thompson
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781611856392
• ISBN: 978-1-61185-639-2
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Politics & government, Religion & politics, Political structures: democracy, Political structures / systems: democracy