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Understanding Tahrir Square - What Transitions Elsewhere Can Teach Us About the Prospects for Arab Democracy (Paperback)
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Understanding Tahrir Square - What Transitions Elsewhere Can Teach Us About the Prospects for Arab Democracy (Paperback)
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Amid the current turmoil in the Middle East, Understanding Tahrir
Square sounds a rare optimistic note. Surveying countries in other
parts of the world during their transitions to democracy, author
Stephen Grand argues that the long-term prospects in many parts of
the Arab world are actually quite positive. If the current
polarization and political violence in the region can be overcome,
democracy will eventually take root. The key to this change will
likely be ordinary citizens - foremost among them the young
protestors of the Arab Spring who have filled the region's public
spaces - most famously, Egypt's Tahrir Square. The book puts the
Arab Spring in comparative perspective. It reveals how
globalization and other changes are upending the expectations of
citizens everywhere about the relationship between citizen and
state. Separate chapters examine the experiences of countries in
the former Eastern bloc, in the Muslim-majority states of Asia, in
Latin America, and in Sub-Saharan Africa during the recent Third
Wave of democratization. What these cases show is that, at the end
of the day, democracy requires democrats. Many complex factors go
into making a democracy successful, such as the caliber of its
political leaders, the quality of its constitution, and the design
of its political institutions. But unless there is clear public
demand for new institutions to function as intended, political
leaders are unlikely to abide by the limits those institutions
impose. If American policymakers want to support the brave
activists struggling to bring democracy to the Arab world, helping
them cultivate an effective political constituency for democracy -
in essence, growing the Tahrir Square base - should be the lodestar
of U.S. assistance.
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