The Second Arab awakening

By Marwan Muasher

Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Political Process, History, Arabischer Frühling, HISTORY, Arab Spring (2010- ) fast (OCoLC)fst01896290, Revolutions, Politics and government, World, Toleranz, Arab Spring, 2010-, Arabische lente, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, Islamic fundamentalism, Islam and state, Arab Spring (2010-) fast (OCoLC)fst01896290, Pluralism, Pluralismus, Islam and politics, Politieke verandering, Democracy, Arab countries, politics and government, Plurale samenleving, General

Description: "This important book is not about immediate events or policies or responses to the Arab Spring. Instead, it takes a long, judicious view of political change in the Arab world, beginning with the first Awakening in the nineteenth century and extending into future decades when--if the dream is realized--a new Arab world defined by pluralism and tolerance will emerge. Marwan Muasher, former foreign minister of Jordan, asserts that all sides--the United States, Europe, Israel, and Arab governments alike--were deeply misguided in their thinking about Arab politics and society when the turmoil of the Arab Spring erupted. He explains the causes of the unrest, tracing them back to the first Arab Awakening, and warns of the forces today that threaten the success of the Second Arab Awakening, ignited in December 2010. Hope rests with the new generation and its commitment to tolerance, diversity, the peaceful rotation of power, and inclusive economic growth, Muasher maintains. He calls on the West to rethink political Islam and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and he discusses steps all parties can take to encourage positive state-building in the freshly unsettled Arab world"--