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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797429503321

Titolo

Arab spring : negotiating in the shadow of the intifadat / / edited by I. William Zartman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens : , : University of Georgia Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8203-4826-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (494 p.)

Collana

Studies in security and international affairs

Disciplina

909/.097492708312

Soggetti

Arab Spring, 2010-

Negotiation - Political aspects - Arab countries

Revolutions - Arab countries - History - 21st century

Protest movements - Arab countries - 21st century

Democratization - Arab countries - History - 21st century

Arab countries Politics and government 21st century

Arab countries Armed Forces Political activity 21st century

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

Cover; Contents; About the Processes of International Negotiation (PIN) Program; Acknowledgments; Negotiations in Transitions: A Conceptual Framework; Tunisia: Beyond the Ideological Cleavage: Something Else; Egypt: Can a Revolution Be Negotiated?; Yemen: Negotiations with Tribes, States, and Memories; Algeria: The Negotiations That Aren't; Morocco: The Struggle for Political Legitimacy; Bahrain: The Dynamics of a Conflict; Libya: Negotiations for Transition; Syria: Aspirations and Fragmentations; NATO: The Process of Negotiating Military Intervention in Libya

Serbia: Moderation as a Double-Edged Sword South Africa: Negotiated Transition to Democracy; Lessons for Theory: Negotiating for Order and Legitimacy; Lessons for Policy; Contributors; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning in January 2011, the Arab world exploded in a vibrant demand for dignity, liberty, and achievable purpose in life, rising up against an image and tradition of arrogant, corrupt, unresponsive authoritarian rule. These previously unpublished, country specific case



studies of the uprisings and their still unfolding political aftermaths identify patterns and courses of negotiation and explain why and how they occur. The contributors argue that in uprisings like the Arab Spring negotiation is "not just a 'nice' practice or a diplomatic exercise." Rather, it is a "dynamically multilevel"