Binding: Paperback
Description: A knowledgeable insider provides the first clear view of what has happened in the Arab world and why This important book is not about immediate events or policies or responses to the Arab Spring. Instead it takes a long judicious view of political change in the Arab world beginning with the first Awakening in the nineteenth century and extending into future decades when if the dream is realized a new Arab world defined by pluralism and tolerance will emerge. Marwan Muasher former foreign minister of Jordan asserts that all sides the United States Europe Israel and Arab governments alike were deeply misguided in their thinking about Arab politics and society when the turmoil of the Arab Spring erupted. He explains the causes of the unrest tracing them back to the first Arab Awakening and warns of the forces today that threaten the success of the Second Arab Awakening ignited in December 2010. Hope rests with the new generation and its commitment to tolerance diversity the peaceful rotation of power and inclusive economic growth Muasher maintains. He calls on the West to rethink political Islam and the Arab - Israeli conflict and he discusses steps all parties can take to encourage positive state - building in the freshly unsettled Arab world.
Title: The Second Arab Awakening And The Battle For Pluralism
Author(s): Muasher Marwan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300212631
Pages: 232 Pages, 1 B-W Illus.
Publication Date: 3/31/2015
Category: Revolutions, Uprisings, Rebellions