Understanding Tahrir Square : what transitions elsewhere can teach us about the prospects for Arab democracy /

Grand, Stephen R.

Understanding Tahrir Square : what transitions elsewhere can teach us about the prospects for Arab democracy / Stephen R. Grand. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2014. - xiii, 258 p. : map ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index.

Wither the Arab Spring? -- Democracy's long arc -- The former East Bloc -- Muslim-majority Asia -- The rest of the world : Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa -- The nature of democratic transitions -- The strategic challenges of the Arab Spring -- Policy recommendations.

9780815725169 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2013050930


Democratization--Arab countries.
Democracy--Arab countries.
Democratization--Cross-cultural studies.
Democracy--Cross-cultural studies.
Arab Spring, 2010-
Democracia--Países árabes.
Primavera Árabe, 2010-
Democracia--Estudios transculturales.


Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.
Países árabes--Política y gobierno--Siglo XXI.

JQ 1850 / G751u 2014

320.917/4927