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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969290003321

Titolo

American democracy promotion in the changing Middle East : from Bush to Obama / / edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-11705-5

0-203-07491-2

1-283-89459-9

1-135-11706-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; ; 27

Altri autori (Persone)

AkbarzadehShahram

Disciplina

327.1/1

Soggetti

Democratization - Government policy - United States

United States Foreign relations Middle East

Middle East Foreign relations United States

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; American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East: From Bush to Obama; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgement; 1 Democracy promotion: An unfortunate legacy; 2 'Democratisation', religious extremism, fragile states, and insurgencies: Bush's legacies to Obama and the challenges ahead; 3 The 'Americanization' of democratic theory: Some lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan; 4 Political reconstruction, democracy and power-sharing in Afghanistan and Iraq; 5 Winning hearts and minds: US promotion of a democratic Islam

6 Energy security and democracy promotion in the Middle East: A Bush-Obama continuum?7 Iraq: Elite fragmentation, Islam and democracy; 8 Mugged by reality: Democracy promotion and Egyptian political reform during the Bush era, and the options for President Obama; 9 Good governance and air strikes: America's awkward toolkit in Yemen; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The recent ""Arab spring"", with its popular uprisings in many Arab countries, has exposed the ambiguity at the heart of American promotion of democracy in the Middle East. The US invasions of



Afghanistan and Iraq were packaged as democracy promotion, as heralding the beginning of a new phase in the politics of the Middle East when democracy would replace authoritarian regimes. Many of these authoritarian regimes, however, were sustained by US support. The recent popular uprisings threaten to bring democracy without promotion by the US, and threaten to overthrow regimes previously supported