Line Khatib

Quest for Democracy (eBook, PDF)

Liberalism in the Modern Arab World

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the underground and overlooked actors and activities of liberal activism and liberal counter-cultures in the modern Arab world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108580014
• Artikelnr.: 70911821

Autorenporträt

Line Khatib is a fellow at the Center for Syrian Studies, the University of St Andrews. She was previously Associate Professor of Political Science at the American University of Sharjah. Her research and teaching interests lie within the fields of comparative politics, religion and politics, democratic transitions, and authoritarianism and liberalization in the Arab World. She is the author of Islamic Revivalism in Syria: The Rise and Fall of Bäthist Secularism (2012) and has published book chapters and articles in Syria Studies, the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, and the Middle East Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. 19th-Mid 20th century: Paternalistic liberalism and planting the seeds of democracy
2. 1960s to the 1990s: The loss of the state and the shift in focus and approach
3. The 2000s: The no longer politically quiet and secret activism and the more visible buildup
4. Liberalism out in the open, the restitution and the loss
Conclusion
Bibliography.