01011nam0 22002771i 450 SUN002429620140625025023.23804-7115-301-X20040921d1997 |0engc50 baengUS|||| |||||Advanced composites manufacturingedited by Timothy G. GutowskiNew YorkWiley1997XII, 581 p.ill.25 cm.USNew YorkSUNL000011668.49421Gutowski, Timothy G.SUNV020335WileySUNV000201650Gutowski, T. G.Gutowski, Timothy G.SUNV020336Gutowski, Timothy GeorgeGutowski, Timothy G.SUNV060249ITSOL20201005RICASUN0024296UFFICIO DI BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA05CONS M I 052 05 2860 20040921 Advanced composites manufacturing1432792UNICAMPANIA03659oam 2200673I 450 991045253120332120210803111359.00-203-07491-21-283-89459-91-135-11706-310.4324/9780203074916(CKB)2550000000710889(EBL)1101400(OCoLC)823389758(SSID)ssj0000786924(PQKBManifestationID)12348067(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000786924(PQKBWorkID)10803504(PQKB)10896174(MiAaPQ)EBC1101400(PPN)178425672(Au-PeEL)EBL1101400(CaPaEBR)ebr10640527(CaONFJC)MIL420709(OCoLC)900236999(EXLCZ)99255000000071088920180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican democracy promotion in the changing Middle East from Bush to Obama /edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh. [et al.]Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (181 p.)Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ;27Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ;27Description based upon print version of record.1-138-81555-1 0-415-52055-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Islam6 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; IndexThe 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 supportedDurham Modern Middle East and Islamic World SeriesDemocratizationGovernment policyUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsMiddle EastMiddle EastForeign relationsUnited StatesElectronic books.DemocratizationGovernment policy327.1/1Akbarzadeh Shahram731221MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452531203321American democracy promotion in the changing Middle East2047548UNINA