Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016)

The end of the year 2010 incorporated a highly significant set of events in the Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region. Islamic radical groups have capitalized on the anarchy and have managed to spread terror in more than one Arab country. As a result, the promised democratic transition of the A...

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Main Author: Masri, Lamia (author)
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Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3498
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2016.2
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2016-04-06T06:41:06Z
2016-04-06T06:41:06Z
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Tunisia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Protest movements -- Tunisia -- History -- 21st century
Syria -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
Islamic fundamentalism -- Arab countries -- 21st century
Democracy -- Arab countries
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
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Tunisia vs. Syria
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description The end of the year 2010 incorporated a highly significant set of events in the Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region. Islamic radical groups have capitalized on the anarchy and have managed to spread terror in more than one Arab country. As a result, the promised democratic transition of the Arab Spring has been halted and countered by radical extremism. According to Samuel Huntington, every democratic wave has its counter reverse wave. Is the sequence of events in the MENA region considered to be a form of Huntington’s reverse wave, or is the MENA region and its Islamic radicalism antithetical to democracy? This thesis aims to draw a comparative analysis between a respectively successful transition presented by the Tunisian case study, verses a failed transition presented by the Syrian case study. The comparison is based on three levels of analysis- international community, regional powers, and local governance. The purpose of the comparison is to draw the main transitional indicators in both countries and link them to Huntington’s factors of reverse waves to be able to conclude whether Huntington’s theory of reverse waves can be applied to the MENA region.
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spelling Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016)Tunisia vs. SyriaMasri, LamiaTunisia -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryProtest movements -- Tunisia -- History -- 21st centurySyria -- Politics and government -- 21st centurySyria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-Islamic fundamentalism -- Arab countries -- 21st centuryDemocracy -- Arab countriesLebanese American University -- DissertationsDissertations, AcademicThe end of the year 2010 incorporated a highly significant set of events in the Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region. Islamic radical groups have capitalized on the anarchy and have managed to spread terror in more than one Arab country. As a result, the promised democratic transition of the Arab Spring has been halted and countered by radical extremism. According to Samuel Huntington, every democratic wave has its counter reverse wave. Is the sequence of events in the MENA region considered to be a form of Huntington’s reverse wave, or is the MENA region and its Islamic radicalism antithetical to democracy? This thesis aims to draw a comparative analysis between a respectively successful transition presented by the Tunisian case study, verses a failed transition presented by the Syrian case study. The comparison is based on three levels of analysis- international community, regional powers, and local governance. The purpose of the comparison is to draw the main transitional indicators in both countries and link them to Huntington’s factors of reverse waves to be able to conclude whether Huntington’s theory of reverse waves can be applied to the MENA region.N/A1 hard copy: x, 79 leaves; ill.; 30 cm. available at RNL.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-79).Lebanese American University2016-04-06T06:41:06Z2016-04-06T06:41:06Z1/5/20162016-04-06Thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesishttp://hdl.handle.net/10725/3498https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2016.2eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/34982023-02-28T09:42:06Z
spellingShingle Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016)
Masri, Lamia
Tunisia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Protest movements -- Tunisia -- History -- 21st century
Syria -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
Islamic fundamentalism -- Arab countries -- 21st century
Democracy -- Arab countries
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
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title Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016)
title_full Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016)
title_fullStr Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016)
title_full_unstemmed Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016)
title_short Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016)
title_sort Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016)
topic Tunisia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Protest movements -- Tunisia -- History -- 21st century
Syria -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
Islamic fundamentalism -- Arab countries -- 21st century
Democracy -- Arab countries
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3498
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2016.2