| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 198 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 31
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Cambridge Middle East studies ; 31.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-192) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : ideological thought and practice in the Arab region -- Retreat from secularism in Arab nationalist and socialist thought -- A more inclusive Islamism? : the wasatiyya trend -- Framing a cross-ideological alliance -- The Egyptian Movement for Change : intellectual antecedents and generational conflicts -- Yemen's Joint Meeting Parties : origins and architects -- Conclusion : ideological rapprochement, accommodation, transformation, and their limits. |
| Summary |
Arab nationalism and Islamism have been the two most potent ideological forces in the Arab region across the twentieth century. Over the last two decades, however, an accommodation of sorts has been developing between liberals, socialists and Islamists, to protest unpopular foreign and domestic policies, such as those aimed at cooperation with Israel or the war in Iraq. By examining the writings of Arab nationalist, socialist and Islamist intellectuals, and through numerous interviews with political participants from different persuasions, Michaelle Browers traces these developments from the ' |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ideology -- Political aspects -- Arab countries.
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Ideology -- Political aspects. |
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Arab countries. |
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Ideology. |
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Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
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Since 1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Browers, Michaelle, 1968- Political ideology in the Arab world. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521765329 (DLC) 2009005334 (OCoLC)299717976 |
| ISBN |
9780511650741 (electronic book) |
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0511650744 (electronic book) |
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9780511540059 (e-book) |
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0511540051 (e-book) |
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9780521765329 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0521765323 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780521749343 (paperback) |
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0521749344 (paperback) |
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