This book carries out a comparative study of the US response to popular uprisings in the Middle East as an evaluation of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy commitments. In 2009, Obama publicly pledged “a new beginning in US-Muslim relations,” causing eager expectation of a clear shift in US foreign policy after the election of the 44th president of the United States. However, the ach…
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Cultural and Educational Traditions in the MENA Region -- Chapter 2. Education in a Globalised Knowledge Economy -- Chapter 3. Educational Challenges in the Arab World -- Chapter 4. Structure and Agency in the MENA Region - Theoretical Perspectives -- Chapter 5 -- Modernism Confronts Tradition -- Chapter 6. Reflections on the End of History -- Chapter 7. Bridging the …
Preface -- Introduction. How to Approach This Book -- 1. Historical and Conceptual Preparations for a Multidisciplinary Study of Social Justice in Iran -- 2. Gazing Upon the Land of Oil Through the Prism of Structure, Elite Action, and Civil Society -- 3. The Unmaking of the Iranian Working Class since the 1990s -- 4. Charity or Mass Mobilization? Public Religion and the Struggle for Economic J…