The iron cage of liberalism: international politics and unarmed revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa/ Daniel P Ritter.
Publication details: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.Description: xi, 273 pISBN:- 9780199658329
- International politics and unarmed revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa
- Liberalism-Middle East-History-20th century
- Liberalism-Middle East-History-21st century
- Liberalism-Africa, North-History-20th century
- Liberalism-Africa, North-History-21st century
- Nonviolence-Middle East
- Nonviolence-Africa, North
- Social movements-Political aspects-Middle East
- Social movements-Political aspects-Africa, North
- International relations
- 320.510 956 Q5
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-261) and index.
Part I: Introduction -- Toward a theory of unarmed revolution -- Part II: International relations -- Friendly international relations: Benefit or burden? -- Facade democracy: Managing authoritarianism -- Part III: Domestic politics -- Survival of the fittest: Challenging facade democracies -- Ousting the dictator: Unarmed revolutions and disarmed regimes -- Part IV: Furhter comparisons and conclusions -- Confrontational states: Outside the Iron Cage of liberalism -- Rights, rhetoric, and revolutions.
Over the last forty years the world has witnessed the emergence and proliferation of a new political phenomenon - unarmed revolution. This book explores why some nonviolent revolutionary movements lead to unarmed revolution, and others result in devastating failure.
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