Middle East and North Africa
Governance, Democratization, Human Rights
Seiten
1999
Ashgate Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-84014-913-5 (ISBN)
Ashgate Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-84014-913-5 (ISBN)
This collection contains articles by highly regarded scholars assessing governance, democratization and human rights in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. The authors discuss recent political developments in each of these countries and point out their accomplishments and shortcomings in the area of human rights.
This collection contains articles by highly regarded scholars assessing governance, democratisation and human rights in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. It also assesses the role that Islam plays in these areas. In the spirit of the 50th anniversary year of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, the authors examine the interrelationships among Islam, politics and human rights and evaluate each country’s contemporary record. The book contains in-depth articles on Islam and politics, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, the Gulf States, Turkey, Egypt and the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania). The authors discuss recent political developments in each of these countries and point out their accomplishments and shortcomings in the area of human rights.
This collection contains articles by highly regarded scholars assessing governance, democratisation and human rights in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. It also assesses the role that Islam plays in these areas. In the spirit of the 50th anniversary year of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, the authors examine the interrelationships among Islam, politics and human rights and evaluate each country’s contemporary record. The book contains in-depth articles on Islam and politics, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, the Gulf States, Turkey, Egypt and the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania). The authors discuss recent political developments in each of these countries and point out their accomplishments and shortcomings in the area of human rights.
Paul J. Magnarella, University of Florida, USA
Contents: Introduction; Islam, governance and democracy; Iraq: human rights in the republic of fear; Syria resists the end of history; Jordan; Egypt: human rights and governance; Democratization, liberalization and human rights: challenges facing the Gulf Cooperation Council; Turkey; Human rights within Israel; Human rights in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip: politics and law in transition; The rise and fall of democratization in the Maghreb.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.1.1999 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Perspectives on Developing Societies |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 219 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84014-913-2 / 1840149132 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84014-913-5 / 9781840149135 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
über Alltagsorte des sozialen Zusammenhalts
Buch | Softcover (2024)
transcript (Verlag)
CHF 33,55
