TY - BOOK AU - Grand,Stephen R. TI - Understanding Tahrir Square: what transitions elsewhere can teach us about the prospects for Arab democracy SN - 9780815725169 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - JQ 1850 G751u 2014 U1 - 320.917/4927 PY - 2014/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press KW - Democratization KW - Arab countries KW - Democracy KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Arab Spring, 2010- KW - Democracia KW - Países árabes KW - Primavera Árabe, 2010- KW - Estudios transculturales KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - Política y gobierno KW - Siglo XXI N1 - 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 ER -