Title Roots of the Arab Spring : contested authority and political change in the Middle East / Dafna Hochman Rand

Edition 1st ed Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013] ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 171 pages) Series EBL-Schweitzer Contents Introduction : Authority in flux : three drivers of change in the Middle East and North Africa -- The demand for free expression and the contested public sphere -- De-democratizing through the Rule of Law -- New sons and stalled reforms -- The drivers of change and the U.S. response Summary This book provides an assessment of events whose ramifications are still unfolding in the Middle East and North Africa, and offers a coherent and incisive account of the factors that gave rise to the Arab Spring Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Subject Arab Spring, 2010- Authoritarianism -- Arab countries -- 21st century Authoritarianism -- Arab countries -- 20th century Protest movements -- Arab countries -- 20th century Protest movements -- Arab countries -- 21st century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Authoritarianism Politics and government Protest movements SUBJECT Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 20th century Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject Arab countries Form Electronic book ISBN 9780812208412 0812208412 081224530X 9780812245301

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