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Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East - Highlights
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2014-04-15 17:14:00
Description: What if a group decides democratically that they don't want to be liberal--that they want an "illiberal democracy"? Shadi Hamid argues that repression originally compelled Islamists to moderate their politics. But ironically, democratic openings pushed them back to their original fundamentalism, leaving no space for liberal norms such as women's rights.
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