Assessing MENA political reform, post-Arab Spring : mediators and microfoundations / edited by Brian Robert Calfano.

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Calfano, Brian Robert, 1977- [editor.]

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TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780739135846
0739135848

Other title:

Assessing Middle East and North Africa political reform, post-Arab Spring

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Assessing MENA political reform, post-Arab Spring.DDC classification:

956.05/4 23

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DS63.18 .A87 2014eb

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Contents:

Introduction / Brian Calfano and Marcus Marktanner -- The Arab popular uprisings / Brian Calano and Emile Sahliyeh -- Islam and interpretive ingenuities / Brian Calfano and Lynne Alis�e Lofftus -- Parties as political forces in the Maghreb / Abdelhak Azzouzi -- How green is the spring? Comparing the Iranian and the Arab pro-democracy movements / Mahmoud Sadri and Nader Hashemi -- Oil and MENA democratization / Mehmet Gurses -- Does regime type make a difference for MENA reform? / Todd Spinks, Brian Calfano, and Emile Sahliyeh -- Elite-led consideration of the role of women in MENA politics : some initial experimental findings / Brian Calfano, Marcus Marktanner, and Christina Michelmore -- Transmitting reform? The media's effect on MENA democracy and human rights / Brian Calfano and Emile Sahliyeh -- MENA and the Internet : technology and the democratic divide / Jason Gainous and Kevin Wagner -- Concluding observations and recommendations / Brian Calfano.

Summary: Annotation The euphoria and promise that accompanied the Arab Spring has been replaced with a business-as-usual tone in the MENA. Revolutionary shifts in political and religious power have been tempered and, in some cases, reversed. Observers should not be surprised at these outcomes, but skeptics would be advised to remain attentive to regional factors that continue to present potentials for reform. This volume examines a variety of such factors as mediators of MENA political reform, including: Islam, political party and government relations, regime type, elite influence, and Internet access. By providing both a broad review of the relevant literatures and a flexible assessment of the region s political prospects in the post-Spring period, the volume leverages insights from a series of regional experts and political analysts to offer a useful contribution to the continuing work of reform by MENA scholars, policymakers, and the general public."

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index.

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Annotation The euphoria and promise that accompanied the Arab Spring has been replaced with a business-as-usual tone in the MENA. Revolutionary shifts in political and religious power have been tempered and, in some cases, reversed. Observers should not be surprised at these outcomes, but skeptics would be advised to remain attentive to regional factors that continue to present potentials for reform. This volume examines a variety of such factors as mediators of MENA political reform, including: Islam, political party and government relations, regime type, elite influence, and Internet access. By providing both a broad review of the relevant literatures and a flexible assessment of the region s political prospects in the post-Spring period, the volume leverages insights from a series of regional experts and political analysts to offer a useful contribution to the continuing work of reform by MENA scholars, policymakers, and the general public."

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