02893nam 2200649 450 991079106590332120230803221050.00-8157-2517-5(CKB)2550000001250960(EBL)1659522(OCoLC)875098987(SSID)ssj0001180255(PQKBManifestationID)11665605(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001180255(PQKBWorkID)11187255(PQKB)11383254(MiAaPQ)EBC1659522(MdBmJHUP)muse34351(Au-PeEL)EBL1659522(CaPaEBR)ebr10853338(CaONFJC)MIL585958(EXLCZ)99255000000125096020140412h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding Tahrir Square what transitions elsewhere can teach us about the prospects for Arab democracy /Stephen R. Grand ; composition by Cynthia StockWashington, District of Columbia :Brookings Institution,2014.©20141 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-2516-7 1-306-54707-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Wither the Arab Spring? -- Democracy's long arc -- The former East Bloc -- Muslim-majority Asia -- The rest of the world : Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa -- The nature of democratic transitions -- The strategic challenges of the Arab Spring -- Policy recommendations.Amid the current turmoil in the Middle East, Understanding Tahrir Square sounds a rare optimistic note. Surveying countries in other parts of the world during their transitions to democracy, author Stephen Grand argues that the long-term prospects in many parts of the Arab world are actually quite positive. If the current polarization and political violence in the region can be overcome, democracy will eventually take root. The key to this change will likely be ordinary citizens-foremost among them the young protestors of the Arab Spring who have filled the region's public spaces-most famouslDemocratizationArab countriesDemocracyArab countriesDemocratizationCross-cultural studiesDemocracyCross-cultural studiesArab countriesPolitics and government21st centuryDemocratizationDemocracyDemocratizationDemocracy320.917/4927Grand Stephen R.1577879Stock CynthiaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791065903321Understanding Tahrir Square3856839UNINA