Democracy and civil society in Arab political thought : transcultural possibilities /

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Author / Creator:Browers, Michaelle, 1968-
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2006.
Description:xiii, 279 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7848002
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ISBN:0815630999 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815630999 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-256) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Crossing the Arab democracy gap: toward the transcultural study of political concepts
  • Democracy in the history of Arab and Islamic political thought
  • The politics of translating civil society into Arabic
  • Civil societies and Arab liberalisms
  • Civil society in contemporary Islamist discourse
  • The civil society debate and new trends in Arab socialist thought
  • Gender and its absence in Arab debates over civil society
  • Conclusion: transcultural possibilities.