Author: Mona YacoubianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democratization
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Promoting Middle East Democracy II
Author: Mona YacoubianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democratization
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Promoting Middle East Democracy II: Arab Initiatives
Author: Mona YacoubianPromoting Middle East Democracy
Author: Mona YacoubianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arab countries
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Uncharted Journey
Author: Thomas CarothersPublisher: Carnegie Endowment
ISBN: 0870032860
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The United States faces no greater challenge today than successfully fulfilling its new ambition of helping bring about a democratic transformation of the Middle East. Uncharted Journey contributes a wealth of concise, illuminating insights on this subject, drawing on the contributors' deep knowledge of Arab politics and their substantial experience with democracy-building in other parts of the world. The essays in part one vividly dissect the state of Arab politics today, including an up-to-date examination of the political shock wave in the region produced by the invasion of Iraq. Part two and three set out a provocative exploration of the possible elements of a democracy promotion strategy for the region. The contributors identify potential false steps as well as a productive way forward, avoiding the twin shoals of either reflexive pessimism in the face of the daunting obstacles to Arab democratization or an unrealistic optimism that fails to take into account the region's political complexities. Contributors include Eva Bellin (Hunter College), Daniel Brumberg (Carnegie Endowment), Thomas Carothers (Carnegie Endowment), Michele Dunne (Georgetown University), Graham Fuller, Amy Hawthorne (Carnegie Endowment), Marina Ottaway (Carnegie Endowment), and Richard Youngs (Foreign Policy Centre).
American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East
Author: Shahram AkbarzadehPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 041552055X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were packaged as democracy promotion, as heralding the beginning of a new phase in the politics of the Middle East when democracy would replace authoritarian regimes. Many of these authoritarian regimes, however, were sustained by US support.
Marketing Democracy
Author: Erin A. SniderPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108952399
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Egypt, Morocco, and Washington DC and recently declassified government documents, this book focuses on the construction and practice of democracy aid in the Middle East, showing how democracy aid can reinforce, rather than challenge authoritarian regimes.
Promoting Middle East Democracy: European Initiatives
Author: Mona YacoubianPromoting Pluralism and Democracy in the Middle East
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle EastPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East
Author: Promoting Democracy
Author: Manal A. JamalPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479878456
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
How Western donor assistance can both help and undermine democracy in different parts of the world Democracy promotion is a central pillar of the foreign policy of many states, but the results are often disappointing. In Promoting Democracy, Manal A. Jamal examines why these efforts succeed in some countries, but fail in others. A former journalist and researcher in the Palestinian territories, she offers an up-close perspective of the ways in which Western donor funding has, on one hand, undermined political participation in cases such as the Palestinian territories, and, on the other hand, succeeded in bolstering political engagement in cases such as El Salvador. Based on five fieldwork trips and over 150 interviews with grassroots activists, political leaders, and directors and program officers in donor agencies and NGOs, Jamal brings into focus an often-overlooked perspective: the experiences of those directly affected by this assistance. Promoting Democracy makes an important and timely argument about how political settlements ultimately shape democracy promotion efforts, and what political choices Western state sponsored donors can make to maximize successful outcomes in different contexts across the world.