Middle East and North Africa

Governance, Democratization, Human Rights
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-26891-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Contemporary Perspectives on Developing Societies

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Magnarella, Paul J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Paul J. Magnarella