The Arab Spring: An Essay on Revolution and Constitutionalism

by Mark Tushnet and Antoni Abat i Ninet

Approaching the concept of Islamic constitutionalism from a comparative perspective, this thought-provoking study by Antoni Abat i Ninet and Mark Tushnet uses traditional Western political theory as a lens to develop a framework for analyzing the events known as the 'Arab Spring'. Writing with clarity and insight, the authors place Western and Arabic traditions into a constructive dialogue. They focus on whether we can develop a 'theory of revolutions'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785361597
• ISBN13: 9781785361593
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 296 Pages