1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454949403321

Titolo

The struggle over democracy in the Middle East : regional politics and external policies / / [edited by] Nathan J. Brown and Emad El-Din Shahin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-19833-0

1-282-37747-7

9786612377471

0-203-86987-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownNathan J

ShahinEmad Eldin <1957->

Disciplina

320.956

321.80956

Soggetti

Democratization - Arab countries

Democratization - Middle East

Democracy - Arab countries

Democracy - Middle East

Electronic books.

Arab countries Politics and government 1945-

Middle East Politics and government 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I The view from outside: External efforts at democracy promotion; 2 New wine in old bottles?: American efforts to promote democracy in the Arab world; 3 Democracy and security in the Middle East; 4 The fantasy of Arab democracy without a constituency; 5 Democracy and faith: The continuum of political Islam; Part II Country studies; 6 Transformations in Eastern Europe and lessons for the Middle East; 7 Democratic transformation in Egypt: Controlled reforms ... frustrated hopes

8 Jordan: The myth of the democratizing monarchy9 Democracy in



Lebanon: The primacy of the sectarian system; 10 Democracy, Islam, and secularism in Turkey; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many residents of the Middle East - and more recently, Western powers - have placed great hope in democratization in the region. Yet authoritarianism remains the norm and movement towards democracy is both slow and uneven.  The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East examines democracy and democratization in the light of regional realities rather than the wishful thinking of outsiders. Specialists from the region analyze democratic prospects in the region, while accomplished scholars from the United States and the United Kingdom analyze Western policy, providing a wide-ra

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780185203321

Autore

Conlogue William

Titolo

Working the garden [[electronic resource] ] : American writers and the industrialization of agriculture

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2002

ISBN

979-88-908737-0-5

0-8078-7505-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Studies in Rural Culture

Disciplina

810.9/321734

813.509355

Soggetti

American literature

Literature

American literature - History and criticism - 20th century - United States

Agriculture in literature - Economic aspects - History - 20th century

Agriculture - History and criticism

Pastoral literature, American

Industrialization in literature

Rural conditions in literature

Farm life in literature

Gardens in literature

American Literature

English

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bonanza!; 2. Challenging the Agrarian Myth; 3. Disciplining the Farmer; 4. Racism and Industrial Farming; 5. From A Thousand Acres (1991) to "The Farm" (1998); Postscript; Notes; Works Cited; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

In 1860 farmers accounted for 60 per cent of the US workforce; in 1910, 30.5 percent; by 1994 there were too few to warrant a separate census category. This study demonstrates the debates on the changes in family farming that occurred in literature.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910171047303321

Titolo

Imago : studi di cinema e media

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Bulzoni, c2010-

ISSN

2280-9244

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Motion pictures - History

Motion pictures - Social aspects

Television - History and criticism

Television - Social aspects

Motion pictures

Television

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Issues have also thematic titles.