Globalisation, Democratisation and Radicalisation in the Arab World

This book provides a fascinating analysis of the external and internal linkages that have for decades impeded economic and political reforms in the Arab world, and presents a new and coherent framework that enables policy makers and practitioners to better understand, identify and deal with the root causes of terrorism.

Foreword; Prince Hassan bin Talal PART I: MAKING SENSE OF GLOBALISATION IN THE ARAB WORLD Introduction; H.El-Said & J.Harrigan Economic and Political Dimensions of Globalisation in the Arab World; J.Harrigan  & H.Tilley Toward a Framework for Arab Economic Reform: Learning from the Evidence; J.Hammoud Two Decades of Liberalisation Reforms in Morocco: Successes and Failures; A.Fakir Contesting Structural Adjustment: The Donor Community, Rentier Elite and Economic Liberalisation in Jordan; W.Knowles PART II: DEMOCRATS WITHOUT CASE STUDIES Security Through Democracy? The Legacy of the Bush Administration and the Future Role of Democracy Promotion in American Foreign Policy; J.Dorband The Meaning of Democracy: A Lebanese Adolescent Perspective; P.V.Pederson Economic Reform and Authoritarianism in Egypt: Politics, Power, and Patronage; T.Demmelhuber Breaking the Wave – the War in Iraq, US-Egyptian Relations and the Bush Administration's 'Democratic Tsunami'; L.Berger Will the Globalisation Allow Democratisation?; A.Sachedina PART III: RADICALISATION AND EXTREMISM IN THE ARAB WORLD Radicalisation and Extremism that Lead to Violent Extremism in the Arab World; H.El-Said  & R.Barrett In Search of a De-Radicalisation Strategy; H.El-Said  & J.Harrigan

ABDULAZIZ SACHEDINA University of Virginia, USA AOUATIF ELFAKIR University of Paris-Est, France HELEN TILLEY is currently finishing her PhD on the political economy of accountability in Tanzania. JAMIL ALI HAMMOUD American University of Science and Technology, USA JANA DORBAND University of Heidelberg, Germany LARS BERGER University of Salford, UK PATRICIA VELDE PEDERSON Social Sciences at Educational Testing Service, USA RICHARD BARRETT United Nations Security Council, USA THOMAS DEMMELHUBER Friedrich-Alexander-University, Germany WARWICK KNOWLES Durham University, UK