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040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aJQ1758 _bG47 W 2011
100	1		_aGerecht, Reuel Marc. _9209831
245	1	4	_aThe wave : _bman, God, and the ballot box in the Middle East / _cReuel Marc Gerecht.
260			_aStanford, Calif. : _bHoover Institution Press/Stanford University, _c2011.
300			_a160 p.
490	1		_aHoover Institution Press publication ; _vno. 608
500			_a"Herbert & Jane Dwight working group on islamism and the international order".
505			_aHKBU library
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520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aDemocracy _zMiddle East. _9209832
650		0	_aDemocratization _zMiddle East.
650		0	_aIslam and politics _zMiddle East. _9182957
651		0	_aMiddle East _xPolitics and government _y1979- _9209833
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zMiddle East.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
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