TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muasher,Marwan
TI  - The second Arab awakening: and the battle for pluralism 
SN  - 9780300186390 (hardback)
AV  - JQ 1850 M941s 2014
U1  - 909 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Arab Spring, 2010-
KW  - Primavera árabe, 2010-
KW  - Revolutions
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Revoluciones
KW  - Estados árabes
KW  - Historia
KW  - Siglo 21
KW  - Pluralism
KW  - Pluralismo
KW  - HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index
N2  - "This important book is not about immediate events or policies or responses to the Arab Spring. Instead, it takes a long, judicious view of political change in the Arab world, beginning with the first Awakening in the nineteenth century and extending into future decades when--if the dream is realized--a new Arab world defined by pluralism and tolerance will emerge. Marwan Muasher, former foreign minister of Jordan, asserts that all sides--the United States, Europe, Israel, and Arab governments alike--were deeply misguided in their thinking about Arab politics and society when the turmoil of the Arab Spring erupted. He explains the causes of the unrest, tracing them back to the first Arab Awakening, and warns of the forces today that threaten the success of the Second Arab Awakening, ignited in December 2010. Hope rests with the new generation and its commitment to tolerance, diversity, the peaceful rotation of power, and inclusive economic growth, Muasher maintains. He calls on the West to rethink political Islam and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and he discusses steps all parties can take to encourage positive state-building in the freshly unsettled Arab world"--
ER  -