Political Aid and Arab Activism

by Sheila Carapico

Book Overview

What does it mean to promote "transitions to democracy" in the Middle East? How have North American, European, and multilateral projects advanced human rights, authoritarian retrenchment, or Western domination? This book examines transnational programs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Yemen, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, the exceptional cases of Palestine and Iraq, and the Arab region at large during two tumultuous decades. To understand the controversial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521199913
• ISBN13: 9780521199919
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"