Arab revolution in the 21st century? : lessons from Egypt and Tunisia / Nader Fergany.
Farjānī, Nādir, author.
2016
DS39.3 .F37 2016eb
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Title Arab revolution in the 21st century? : lessons from Egypt and Tunisia / Nader Fergany.
Author Farjānī, Nādir, author.
ISBN 9781137590947 (electronic book)
1137590947 (electronic book)
9781137574916
Published Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number DS39.3 .F37 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 909/.097492708312
Summary In Arab Revolution in the 21st Century?, Nader Fergany presents a compassionate analysis of the Arab popular uprisings in the 21st century, with particular reference to the cases of Egypt and Tunisia. Under authoritarian rule, relentless injustice creates the objective conditions for expressions of popular protest which may culminate in popular uprisings, as witnessed in many Arab countries at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Unsurprisingly, the slogans of the Arab Liberation Tide (ALT) popular revolts centered around freedom, implying sound democratic governance, social justice, and human dignity for all. In reality, the short-lived governance arrangements which followed the January 2011 popular revolt in Egypt, for example, were little more than extensions of the authoritarian governance system the revolt set out to overthrow. There were differences, of course, between the three short-lived regimes that took power since then, but in form, rather than substance. This book uses a structuralist political economy framework rather than a detailed historical account as it considers how the ALT may prove to be an historic opportunity for human renaissance in the Arab World - or alternatively a disaster of epic proportions.
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Introduction
pt. 1. ALT, state and prospects. 1. State of the Arab Liberation Tide: origins, features, extent of success of popular uprisings, implications, and future prospects ; 2. Why did the Arab popular uprisings erupt? ; 3. To falter or not to falter, lessons from Egypt and Tunisia ; 4. Injustice persists, even after ALT popular revolts ; 5. The worst case scenario, protracted regional war likely to escalate and a fragmented new map of the region ; 6. Two additional major impediments to sustainable human development
pt. 2. Contours of the human renaissance scenario. Introduction to pt. 2 ; 7. Essential features of a human renaissance path
Conclusion.

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