ISBN:
9780300215694
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 338 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
DDC:
321.0940956
Keywords:
Arab Spring, 2010-
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Geopolitics
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Political stability
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Arab Spring, 2010-
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Protest movements
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Aufstand
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Politischer Prozess
;
Regionalentwicklung
;
Menschenrecht
;
Freiheit
;
Gesellschaft
;
Entwicklung
;
Politischer Wandel
;
Tendenz
;
Arab Spring, 2010-
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Protest movements
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Naher Osten
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Mittlerer Osten
;
Nordafrika
;
Mittelmeerraum Süd
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Politische Stabilität
;
Arabische Staaten
;
Arabischer Frühling
;
Demokratische Bewegung
;
Außenpolitik
;
Internationale Politik
;
Reformbewegung
;
Protestbewegung
;
Bürgerkrieg
Abstract:
The enormous sense of optimism unleashed by the Arab Spring in 2011 soon gave way to widespread suffering and despair. Of the many popular uprisings against autocratic regimes, Tunisia’s now stands alone as a beacon of hope for sustainable human rights progress. Libya is a failed state; Egypt returned to military dictatorship; the Gulf States suppressed popular protests and tightened control; and Syria and Yemen are ravaged by civil war. Challenging the widely shared pessimism among regional experts, Micheline Ishay charts bold and realistic pathways for human rights in a region beset by political repression, economic distress, sectarian conflict, a refugee crisis, and violence against women. With due attention to how patterns of revolution and counterrevolution play out in different societies and historical contexts, Ishay reveals the progressive potential of subterranean human rights forces and offers strategies for transforming current realities in the Middle East.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis Seite 269-317, Register
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Departure
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Railroads and revolutions
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The Levant express and the Arab spring of nations
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Derailment : human rights in retreat
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Arab winters
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Frost in Jerusalem
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Rerouting : four freedoms plus one
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Vox populi and the Islamic enlightenment
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Sun, sand, water, and shields
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The female time bomb
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Remembering the future
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Conclusion : human rights in an age of counter-enlightenment
