Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa write by Teresita Cruz-del Rosario. This book was released on 2016-07-18. Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates the theme of global transitions with a cross-regional comparative study of two areas experiencing change over the past three decades: Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Political transitions in Asia have been the subject of interest in academic and policy-making communities recently as there are encouraging signs of democratization in countries that exhibit elements of authoritarianism. In those countries with relatively open political systems, transitions to democracy have been complete – albeit messy, flawed, and highly contested. In contrast, countries of the MENA region that have been gripped by revolts in recent years find themselves in the midst of chaotic and uncontrollable transitions. Why are there such differences between these regions? What, if anything, can be learned and applied from the transitions in Southeast Asia? These questions are answered here as Asia’s experience is contrasted with the Arab revolts and the struggle of the different countries in the MENA region to fashion a new social contract between states and citizens.
Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa
Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa write by Cruz-del Rosario. This book was released on 2016. Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies
Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies write by Joshua Yaphe. This book was released on 2021-12-21. Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Saudi Arabia and Iraq have a shared history, as both friends and enemies at one and the same time, and their growth as modern nation-states must be understood in that joint context. This book establishes a new narrative and timeline for bilateral relations between the two countries, while examining the work of other Arab and Western scholars, in order to excavate the biases underlying so much previous work on this topic. In doing so, it proposes a new way of looking at state formation and boundaries in the Middle East, by showing how the interactions of regional neighbors left an indelible imprint on the domestic politics of one another. The two different visions for managing the border that Saudi Arabia and Iraq developed in the 1920s generated mistrust on both sides, leading to a gradual process of estrangement that lasted through the 1950s and beyond. Ibn Saud made strenuous efforts to preserve the socio-economic ties that united the communities of southern Iraq with the Najd and, in turn, those efforts helped encourage a wave of Sunni Arab migrants from Iraq who helped build the Saudi state. Iraqi politicians and clerics attempted to use the issue of Ikhwan raids as a rallying cry for promoting their political agendas, thereby contributing to a growing sectarian discourse and undermining the nationalist rhetoric of the 1920 Revolution. The two countries had a remarkable and long-lasting impact on one another, even as they drifted farther and farther apart through mutual fear and suspicion.
The Arab Uprisings and Malaysia’s Islamist Movements
The Arab Uprisings and Malaysia’s Islamist Movements - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Arab Uprisings and Malaysia’s Islamist Movements write by Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin. This book was released on 2019-11-27. The Arab Uprisings and Malaysia’s Islamist Movements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the attitude of Malaysia’s Islamist movements – The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS); The National Trust Party (AMANAH); The Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) and the Malaysian Muslim Solidarity Front (ISMA) – towards the Arab Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. The book analyses the perceptions of Islamist movement activists, politicians and members in Malaysia towards the 2011 Arab Uprisings, popularly known as the ‘Arab Spring’. A questionnaire based-survey as well as in-depth interviews with activists and leaders ranging from individuals in opposing political parties (PAS and AMANAH) to non-government Islamist organisations (ABIM and ISMA) informs the findings of the book. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, the author analyses how the events impacted the activism, political approach and attitudes of the members of Islamic movements towards the issues of regime change, civil disobedience, political revolution, democracy, Islamism and political stability. The book demonstrates that Malaysian Islamists are mainly in support of free and democratic elections as a medium for political change as opposed to overthrowing the previous BN-led regime via civil disobedience, street demonstration or ‘revolution’. A novel approach in examining the connections between Islamic movements in Southeast Asia and the Middle East and Africa, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Politics, History, Social Movements, Political Islam, Middle Eastern Studies and Southeast Asian Studies.
The Arab Spring, Civil Society, and Innovative Activism
The Arab Spring, Civil Society, and Innovative Activism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Arab Spring, Civil Society, and Innovative Activism write by Cenap Çakmak. This book was released on 2016-12-09. The Arab Spring, Civil Society, and Innovative Activism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates the role of society groups in the making of the Arab Spring and under which conditions they attained their goals. Democracy and recognition of human rights and fundamental freedoms seem to be the main drives of the people organized in form of civil groups or grassroots movements in the Arab Spring countries; but it is essential to identify when they find it suitable to take such extreme action as taking the streets in an attempt to take down the repressive regimes. It is also important to investigate what methods they relied on in their action and how they challenged the state and the government. A review of the cases in this volume shows that civil society has certain limitations in its action. Analysis of the cases also challenges a commonly held assumption that the Arab world does not have strong and rich civil society tradition. However, for a lasting success and consolidation of democracy, something more than civil society action is obviously needed. A strong organized opposition and a democratic culture seems to be indispensable elements for the evolution of a democratic order and tradition.
