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Democratisation in the Middle East : dilemmas and perspectives /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rahbek, Birgitte, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aarhus ; Oakville, CT : Aarhus University Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.