Inevitable Democracy in the Arab World New Realities in an Ancient Land
by Yafi, Wissam S.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-05-15
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
The stakes have never been higher in a region at the center of the world's attention. What is behind the Arab Spring and what is likely to be the outcome? In this comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and thought-provoking book, Wissam S. Yafi argues that there are four dynamics leading to inevitable change in the Arab region: geopolitical, geoeconomic, geosocial, and technological. The incumbent autocratic regimes are unable to counter these forces and change has become inevitable - but what are the alternatives? Yafi considers anarchy, neo-dictatorship, theocracy, liberalized autocracy, and democracy. Logically and carefully analyzing each, Yafi comes to the conclusion that no system will be able to support the dynamics in place except for democracy, which will alter the current failed social contract to one that supports self-determination and self-sufficiency.
Author Biography
Wissam S. Yafi is a Harvard scholar, international development practitioner, and technologist. He has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and North Africa from the Mashreq to the Maghreb, consulting with leaders, policy makers, academics, and entrepreneurs. Yafi is the founder of an e-learning high-tech firm based in Washington, DC, which serves governments and nonprofits worldwide. He also chairs the MENA Democracy Group, which focuses on the emerging dynamics in the Arab world and their global implications. Yafi has spoken at Harvard, Georgetown, the Carnegie Middle East Center, and George Mason, among other venues. His commentaries have been published internationally.
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"Wissam Yafi is one of the emerging young leaders of the new Middle East on whom the region's destiny rests. This ambitious book ranges over the economic, social, political, and technological determinants of the fortunes of the region and charts a democratic course for its future." - Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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