TY  - BOOK
AU  - Noi,Aylin Ünver
TI  - Islam and democracy: perspectives on the Arab spring 
SN  - 9781443868747
AV  - JQ1850 .I853 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
PB  - Cambridge Scholars
KW  - Democratization
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Protest movements
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - "The idea for this book emerged during an international conference entitled "The Arab Spring: Getting it Right", convened in Washington, DC in May 2012"--Acknowledgements; 2; 2; b
N2  - The electoral success of Islamist parties in the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring has been welcomed by their Islamist proponents that were under pressure from their former ruling regimes. However, their success has been met with concerns and fears by secularists and religious minorities in these countries. The question of whether this Arab Islamic awakening represents a step forward or backward for human rights and democracy came to the agenda because of the possibi
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