Title: The iron cage of liberalism : international politics and unarmed revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa /
Authors: Ritter, Daniel P.
Year: 2015
Subjects: Liberalism Middle East History; Liberalism Middle East History; Liberalism Africa, North History; Liberalism Africa, North History; International relations; Liberalismus.; Revolution; Nonviolence Middle East.; Nonviolence Africa, North.; Social movements Political aspects Middle East.; Social movements Political aspects Africa, North.; Nonviolence; Social movements; Political participation; Revolutions; Naher Osten; Nordafrika
Abstract: Over the last forty years the world has witnessed the emergence and proliferation of a new political phenomenon - unarmed revolution. This book explores why some nonviolent revolutionary movements lead to unarmed revolution, and others result in devastating failure.
Contents: Part I: Introduction -- Toward a theory of unarmed revolution -- Part II: International relations -- Friendly international relations: Benefit or burden? -- Facade democracy: Managing authoritarianism -- Part III: Domestic politics -- Survival of the fittest: Challenging facade democracies -- Ousting the dictator: Unarmed revolutions and disarmed regimes -- Part IV: Furhter comparisons and conclusions -- Confrontational states: Outside the Iron Cage of liberalism -- Rights, rhetoric, and revolutions.