American democracy promotion in the changing Middle East : from Bush to Obama - Akbarzadeh, Shahram (Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013)
1. Democracy promotion : an unfortunate legacy / Shahram Akbarzadeh and Benjamin MacQueen -- 2.'Democratisation', religious extremism, fragile states, and insurgencies : Bush's legacies to Obama and the challenges ahead / Juan Cole -- 3. The'Americanization' of democratic theory : some lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan / William Maley -- 4. Political reconstruction, democracy and power-sharing in Afghanistan and Iraq / Benjamin MacQueen -- 5. Winning hearts and minds : US promotion of a democratic Islam / James Piscatori -- 6. Energy security and democracy promotion in the Middle East : a Bush-Obama continuum? / Leanne Piggott -- 7. Iraq : elite fragmentation, Islam and democracy / Amin Saikal -- 8. Mugged by reality : democracy promotion and Egyptian political reform during the Bush era, and the options for President Obama / Robert Bowker -- 9. Good governance and air strikes : America's awkward toolkit in Yemen / Sarah Philips.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-154) and index.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Keywords: Democratization -- Government policy -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East; Middle east -- Foreign relations -- United States