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Democratisation in the Middle East : dilemmas and perspectives / edited by Birgitte Rahbek

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Democratization in the Middle East
Published
Aarhus ; Oakville, CT : Aarhus University Press, [2005]
Copyright Date
©2005
Physical Description
1 online resource (168 pages)
Additional Creators
Rahbek, Birgitte, 1944-
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Language Note
English.
Contents
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. and 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.
Summary
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.
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ISBN
9788779349117 (electronic bk.)
8779349110 (electronic bk.)
8779342302 (pbk.)
9788779342309 (pbk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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