The Arab Spring as A New Form of Political Overturn
The Arab Spring as A New Form of Political Overturn
Author(s): Marko ParezanovićSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: revolution; political crisis; democracy; human rights; armed conflicts
Summary/Abstract: “The Arab Spring as a New Form of Political Overturn” is a research thesis analysing revolutionary processes that have spread across Arab countries in North Africa and the Middle East since December 2010. Along with introductory considerations and conclusions, two additional thematic units are also in theoretical terms laid out in the thesis, the one being related to conditions that contributed to creation of revolutionary processes, while the other one is focused on the manner in which these revolutions have been executed. In a certain way, the thesis also aimed to identify the political parallels that would at least in a certain segment bring together political opponents or help to overcome more specific long-term and continuous inter-state divergences in the region affected by the “Arab Spring”. The question arising throughout the thesis is whether a constructive dialogue in the most significant international circles could outweigh armed conflicts and bloodsheds, as well as whether democratic social relations and institutions of public international law would be able to resist the pressure of ever so intense political and security-related challenges.
Journal: The Review of International Affairs
- Issue Year: LXIII/2012
- Issue No: 1147
- Page Range: 33-50
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
