| Description |
x, 276 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN |
1588263177 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781588263179 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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1588263428 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781588263421 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Middle East's democracy deficit in comparative perspective / Marsha Pripstein Posusney -- The reins of power -- Coercive institutions and coercive leaders / Eva Bellin -- Political crisis and restabilization: Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Tunisia / Jason Brownlee -- Contestation without democracy: elite fragmentation in Iran / Arang Keshavarzian -- Challenges to authoritarian rule -- Multiparty elections in the Arab world: election rules and opposition responses / Marsha Pripstein Posusney -- Party systems and regime formation: Turkish exceptionalism in comparative perspective / Michele Penner Angrist -- Opposition and economic crises in Jordan and Morocco / Ellen Lust-Okar -- Princes, parliaments, and the prospects for democracy in the Gulf / Michael Herb -- Too much civil society, too little politics? Egypt and other liberalizing Arab regimes / Vickie Langohr -- Conclusion -- The outlook for authoritarians / Michele Penner Angrist. |
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Introduction: the Middle East's democracy gap in comparative perspective / Marsha Pripstein Posusney -- The reins of power -- Authoritarianism in the Middle East: coercive institutions and coercive leaders / Eva Bellin -- Political crisis and restabilization: Iraq, Libya, Syria and Tunisia / Jason Brownlee -- Elite fragmentation in Iran: contestation without democracy / Arang Keshavarzian -- Challenges to authoritarian rule -- Multiparty elections in six Arab nations: election rules and opposition responses / Marsha Pripstein Posusney -- Party systems and regime formation: Turkish exceptionalism in comparative perspective / Michele Penner Angrist -- Opposition and economic crises in Jordan and Morocco / Ellen Lust-Okar -- Princes, parliaments, and the prospects for democracy in the Gulf / Michael Herb -- Too much civil society, too little politics? Egypt and other liberalizing Arab regimes / Vickie Langohr -- Conclusion: the outlook for authoritarians / Michele Penner Angrist. |
| Library Class |
Politics K1205
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| Subject |
Authoritarianism -- Arab countries.
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Authoritarianism -- Middle East.
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Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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| Other Author |
Posusney, Marsha Pripstein.
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Angrist, Michele Penner, 1970-
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