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Chaos and Counterrevolution: After the Arab Spring
Richard Falk
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Description for Chaos and Counterrevolution: After the Arab Spring
Paperback. The realities of political activism in a crucial, but often forgotten, Arab nation. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
The Arab Spring has consistently confounded expectations. While many in the West believed that the uprisings would usher in a new age of liberal, secular democracy in the Middle East, in reality their outcomes have proven to be both complex and contradictory. Most ominously, many countries have already experienced a dramatic counterrevolution, in the form of renewed dictatorship, while others have simply descended into chaos and internal conflict. Richard Falk, a distinguished scholar of international law and former UN Rapporteur on Palestine, has been writing on the Arab Spring since its inception in 2011. Chaos and Counterrevolution ... Read more
The Arab Spring has consistently confounded expectations. While many in the West believed that the uprisings would usher in a new age of liberal, secular democracy in the Middle East, in reality their outcomes have proven to be both complex and contradictory. Most ominously, many countries have already experienced a dramatic counterrevolution, in the form of renewed dictatorship, while others have simply descended into chaos and internal conflict. Richard Falk, a distinguished scholar of international law and former UN Rapporteur on Palestine, has been writing on the Arab Spring since its inception in 2011. Chaos and Counterrevolution ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
348g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783606696
SKU
V9781783606696
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About Richard Falk
Richard Falk is professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, the author of over twenty books and a specialist on the role of international law in global politics. The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Falk as a United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestine in 2008.
Reviews for Chaos and Counterrevolution: After the Arab Spring
'Richard Falk did it again. A masterly survey and critical analysis by an expert with knowledge and wisdom. Chaos and Counterrevolution is a subtle and sophisticated assessment of what is going on in the MENA region After the Arab Spring. It is a major contribution to the field as well as (Critical) International Relations Theory. Highly recommended.' Fuat Keyman, ... Read more