TY - BOOK AU - Davis,John TI - The Arab Spring and Arab Thaw: unfinished revolutions and the quest for democracy U1 - 320.9174927 22 PY - 2013/// CY - Surrey, Burlington PB - Ashgate Publishing Company KW - Arab Spring, 2010- KW - BUEsh KW - Revolutions KW - Arab countries KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Democratization KW - Politics and government KW - LLAAWW KW - BUSBOL KW - August 2016 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the Arab Spring and Arab thaw / John Davis -- Part I: Revolts and counter revolts in a turbulent region -- New discourse, old Orientalism : a critical evaluation of the "Arab Spring for women"? / Laura Sjoberg and Jonathon Whooley -- What makes Yemen's spring different? / Ahmad Ali AI-Ahsab -- Libya's revolution : a transformative year / Mohamed A. EI-Khawas -- Revolution in Syria : the struggle for freedom in a regional battle / Radwan Ziadeh -- Egypt's revolution : a two-year journey / Mohamed A. EI-Khawas -- Part II: Regional and non-regional institutional involvement, American perspectives and winners and losers -- The GCC countries and the Arab Spring : between outreach, patronage and repression / Silvia Colombo -- The Arab League and the Arab uprisings / Bruce Maddy-Weitzman -- The EU and the Arab Spring : interests, ideals or irrelevance? / David Jervis -- The Arab Spring and Arab thaw : the Obama administration's response to a region in turmoil / John Davis -- The unfinished revolutions : evaluating the winners and losers / John Davis ER -