TY - BOOK AU - Peters,Joel TI - European Union and the Arab Spring : promoting democracy and human rights in the Middle Eas: promoting democracy and human rights in the Middle East SN - 9780739174432 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - JZ1570 .A55 U1 - 327.4056090512 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Lexington Books KW - Democratization KW - Middle East KW - fast KW - International relations KW - Political science KW - Social history KW - UE/CE Politique européenne de voisinage KW - eclas KW - Partenariat euro-méditerranéen KW - UE/CE Relations extérieures KW - Révolution KW - Démocratisation KW - Droits de l'homme KW - Evolution politique KW - Printemps arabe KW - European Union countries KW - Foreign relations KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - Social conditions KW - Europe KW - Pays arabes KW - Moyen-Orient N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Europe and the challenge of the Arab Spring / Joel Peters -- Reversing the hierarchy of priorities in EU-Mediterranean relations / Jean-Pierre Cassarino -- Promoting human rights and democracy: a new paradigm for the European Union / Lorenzo Fioramonti -- Tunisia and Libya / Marco Pinfari -- Egypt / Michelle Pace -- Palestine / Michael Schulz -- Israel / Joel Peters -- Lebanon and Syria / Carin Berg -- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Yemen / Tobias Schumacher -- American democracy promotion in the Middle East: lessons for Europe? / Oz Hassan ER -