TY  - BOOK
AU  - Noi,Aylin Ünver
AU  - Noi,Aylin Unver
TI  - Islam and Democracy: Perspectives on the Arab Spring
SN  - 9781443868747
AV  - JQ1850.A91 -- I845 2013eb 
U1  - 956.05/4 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Democratization -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century
KW  - Protest movements -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century
KW  - Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- PART II: RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- PART III: COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- PART IV: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX
N2  - The electoral success of Islamist parties in the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring has been welcomed by their Islamist proponents that were under pressure from their former ruling regimes. However, their success has been met with concerns and fears by secularists and religious minorities in these countries. The question of whether this Arab Islamic awakening represents a step forward or backward for human rights and democracy came to the agenda because of the possibi
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