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Businesses are major contributors to the global problems we face, but they are also well-placed to effect positive change. John Davis offers examples of companies that are taking action and presents a framework to help C-suite leaders and executive teams develop their own blueprint for putting societal value at the heart of their business.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: The Arab Spring and Arab Thaw -- Part I: Revolts and Counter Revolts in a Turbulent Region -- 1 New Discourse, Old Orientalism: A Critical Evaluation of the "Arab Spring for Women"? -- 2 What Makes Yemen's Spring Different? -- 3 Libya's Revolution: A Transformative Year -- 4 Revolution in Syria: The Struggle for Freedom in a Regional Battle -- 5 Egypt's Revolution: A Two-Year Journey -- Part II: Regional and Non-Regional Institutional Involvement, American Perspectives and Winners and Losers -- 6 The GCC Countries and the Arab Spring: Between Outreach, Patronage and Repression -- 7 The Arab League and the Arab Uprisings -- 8 The EU and the Arab Spring: Interests, Ideals or Irrelevance? -- 9 The Arab Spring and Arab Thaw: The Obama Administration's Response to a Region in Turmoil -- 10 The Unfinished Revolutions: Evaluating the Winners and Losers -- Index.

Antonio Gramsci used the term 'passive revolution' to describe the limitations and weaknesses of the 19th century bourgeois state in Italy which permitted economic development whilst thwarting social and political progress. This detailed study consists of seven essays each exploring a different theme of the economic and social basis of the Liberal state, providing a broad understanding of the background against the emergence of Italian fascism and present a number of debates and controversies amongst Italian historians. By critical discussion of Gramsci's reading of modern Italian history, the essays present an analysis of the structure and development of social and economic relations in the formation of the Liberal state, illustrating the transition from liberalism to fascism.

"What were the unifying principles or strategies that governed the protest movements that swept the Middle East and North Africa in the spring of 2011? Who were the protestors and how did the different authoritarian regimes respond to them? How did regional and international institutions react to a region in turmoil?

The study, Terrorism in Africa: The Evolving Front in the War on Terrorism, represents a research endeavor aimed at increasing scholarly discourse on the ever-expanding threat of terrorism and terrorist related violence in the region. It offers the most wide-ranging analysis of the sub-national and transnational terrorists groups that have made Africa the second most violent region in the world