Lessons Learned from Managing Governance Crises in the Arab States

Contents Chapter Goals ..........................................................................................................................179 Introduction .............................................................................................................................180 Governance in the Arab States ..................................................................................................181 Dilemma of Choice ..................................................................................................................182 Resurgence of Political Islam ....................................................................................................186 Lessons Learned .......................................................................................................................190 Questions for Discussion ..........................................................................................................192 References ................................................................................................................................193

5. Highlight the lessons learned from the search for reform, including demonstrable resilience of public resistance to autocratic and corrupt governance, crucial role of competent and transformative leaders, and centrality of a widely supported reform doctrine with competent structures to articulate and implement visionary ideas.