02588cam a22003254a 4500 110509s2011 cau b 001 0 eng 9780817913342 0817913343 9780817913366 081791336X SDU JQ1758 G47 W 2011 Gerecht, Reuel Marc. 209831 The wave : man, God, and the ballot box in the Middle East / Reuel Marc Gerecht. Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press/Stanford University, 2011. 160 p. Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 608 "Herbert & Jane Dwight working group on islamism and the international order". HKBU library YT2025 M08 The promise of democracy for Muslims offers something historically unparalleled. But how powerful is the idea of democracy in the Middle East? Could the region actually be at the beginning of a democratic wave, or is a "democratic recession" under way in Islamic lands? In The Wave, Middle East expert Reuel Marc Gerecht argues that the Middle East may actually be at the beginning of a momentous democratic wave whose convulsions could become the region's defining theme during Obama's presidency. He describes the powerful Middle Eastern democratic movements coming from both the secular left and the religious right and asserts that America must reassess democracy's supposed lack of a future in the region. The author explains the importance of those countries that hold the keys to the success or failure of democracy in the region, most notably Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. He tells why mainstream Islamist groups today see elections, not revolution, as a means for society to maintain akhlaq: the mores that define good Muslims. And he shows why any legitimate form of government in the contemporary Arab Middle East must be seen to be complementary to the Prophet Muhammad's legacy and the Holy Law. If democracy is to succeed in Arab lands, he concludes, it will be because devout Arabs have decided that their faith and representative government can meld. Democracy Middle East. 209832 Democratization Middle East. Islam and politics Middle East. 182957 Middle East Politics and government 1979- 209833 United States Foreign relations Middle East. Middle East Foreign relations United States. 32921 = C.1 บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย GBE lcc 109044 109044 0 0 lcc 0 JQ1758 G47 W2011 0 CGB 278578 BD BD GEN 2025-08-20 2 JQ1758 G47 W 2011 1000369674 2025-08-20 00:00:00 C.1 2025-08-20 GBE