Values, Political Action, and Change in the Middle East and the Arab Spring (Hardcover)

Although many have tried, the spontaneity of the Arab Spring uprisings and the unpredictability of its diverse geographical outcomes have resisted explanation. For social scientists, part of the challenge has been how to effectively measure and analyze the empirical data, while another obstacle has been a lack of attention to the worldviews, value orientations, and long-term concerns from the people of the Middle East and North Africa. In order to meet these challenges head-on, Mansoor Moaddel and Michele J. Gelfand have assembled an international team of experts to explore and employ a new and diverse set of frameworks in order to explain the dynamics of cross-national variation, values, political engagement, morality, and development in these regions. To this end, the authors address a wide range of questions, such as: To what extent do recent events reflect changes in values among the Middle Eastern publics? Are youth uniformly more supportive of change than the rest of the population? To what extent are changes in values connected to changes in identities? How do we explain the process of change in the long term? As Moaddel and Gelfand remark in their book's introduction, "Our hope is that this collective effort will not only contribute to the development of the social sciences in the Middle East and North Africa, but also to practical political actions and public policies that serve social tolerance and harmony, peace, and economic prosperity for the people of the region."

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2017
Editors:	Mansoor Moaddel (Professor of Sociology) • Michele J. Gelfand (Professor of Psychology and Distinguished University Scholar Teacher)
Dimensions:	242 x 178 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	392
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-026909-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	0-19-026909-X
Barcode:	9780190269098

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