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020			_a9781612050836 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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100	1		_aKhosrokhavar, Farhad, _eauthor. _940599
245	1	4	_aThe new Arab revolutions that shook the world / _cFarhad Khosrokhavar.
264		1	_aBoulder, Colorado : _bParadigm Publishers, _c[2012]
264		4	_cc2012
300			_axi, 351 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia _bn
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes glossary.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aThe Iranian Green movement -- The Tunisian Revolution of dignity and freedom -- Egypt's Revolution -- The Arab Spring through historical precedents in other countries -- The "would-be middle class" -- Characteristics of the demo-movements -- Obstacles to democracy -- Social and state actors and new technologies -- The new social actor and demographics -- Types of activists, old and new -- The symbolic dimensions of the Arab Spring -- The geopolitical actors.
520			_aLong considered overwhelmingly resilient, Arab authoritarian regimes have begun to fall in surprising manner. While the future of governance in these countries is unclear, the new Arab movements, largely secular and youthful, reveal a vital and ambitious new Arab generation. For these youth, radical Islam has lost its seductive appeal and religion is being marginalized. Women now are far more visibly active in societies long bound by tradition. The participants in the new movements prefer peaceful means, but are prepared to fight if necessary to change the future. They are motivated by a new global awareness from the internet and the means provided by Facebook and other new media to quickly build massive, powerful movements. Khosrokavar's compares the different countries shaken by the protest movements and he contextualizes of the demands and claims of the determined, democratically minded participants. He also looks beyond the Arab world to show how the Arab revolutions are leaving a deep imprint on countries like Iran, where unsuccessful democratic movements began months before Tunisia and Egypt. The new revolutions change the geo-politics of the region and shed light on new dynamics in which the citizen's dignity takes precedence over religion, community or even regional issues like pan-Arabism. The movements reveal the true democratic spirit of this new Arab generation which is largely unsympathetic to the aims of Jihadi terrorist actions. Looking to the future, Khosrokavar discusses how the new movements may change the world.
650		7	_aDemocratization _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century. _2BUEsh _940600
650		7	_aProtest movements _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century. _2BUEsh _928748
650		7	_aYouth protest movements _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century. _2BUEsh _940597
650		7	_aPolitical participation _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century. _2BUEsh _940598
650		7	_aYouth _xPolitical activity _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century. _2BUEsh
651			_2BUEsh
653			_bLLAAWW _cAugust 2016
655			_vReading book
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