Research Catalog

Title

The Arab Spring : an essay on revolution and constitutionalism / Antoni Abat i Ninet and Mark Tushnet.

Author

Ninet, Antoni Abat i

Publication

• Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tushnet, Mark, 1945-
• Edward Elgar Publishing.

Description

viii, 281 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Approaching the concept of Islamic constitutionalism from a comparative perspective, this thought-provoking study by Antoni Abat i Ninet and Mark Tushnet uses traditional Western political theory as a lens to develop a framework for analyzing the events known as the 'Arab Spring'. Writing with clarity and insight, the authors place Western and Arabic traditions into a constructive dialogue. They focus on whether we can develop a 'theory of revolutions' that helps us understand events occurring at divergent times at geographically separate locations. This question is meticulously analyzed through the detailed examination of specific developments relevant to the ideas of revolution and constitutionalism in several nations affected by the Arab Spring. Case studies focus on Morocco and Libya as examples of unsuccessful revolutions, as well as Tunisia and Egypt. These lead the authors to consider the nature of constitutionalism itself and the concept of illiberal but non-authoritarian constitutions: a particularly pressing concern given the prominent contemporary discussions of the role of shari'a in post-Arab Spring constitutions. The Arab Spring will offer new insights to scholars, researchers and students of law and the political sciences, in particular those focusing on theories of revolution, democracy, constitutional law, Islamic constitutionalism and legal theory.

Series Statement

Elgar monographs in constitutional and administrative law

Uniform Title

Elgar monographs in constitutional and administrative law.

Subject

• Arab Spring, 2010-
• Constitutional law (Islamic law)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index.

Contents

1. Revolutions in Middle East and Northern Africa -- 2. Islamic constitutionalism and the Arab Spring -- 3. Unsuccessful revolutions within the Arab Spring wave : the cases of Morocco and Libya -- 4. The case of Tunisia -- 5. The case of Egypt.

Call Number

JFE 16-2668

ISBN

• 1785361597
• 9781785361593

LCCN

2015943189

OCLC

920853103

Author

Ninet, Antoni Abat i, author.

Title

The Arab Spring : an essay on revolution and constitutionalism / Antoni Abat i Ninet and Mark Tushnet.

Publisher

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Elgar monographs in constitutional and administrative law

Elgar monographs in constitutional and administrative law.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index.

Added Author

Tushnet, Mark, 1945- author.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-2668