Authoritarianism in the Middle East : regimes and resistance/

Angrist, Michele Penner Posusney, Marsha Pripstein

Authoritarianism in the Middle East : regimes and resistance/ edited by Marsha Pripstein Posusney, Michele Penner Angrist - Boulder, London; Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 2005 - 276p. Pbk

Includes bibliographical references and index.



The Middle East's democracy deficit in comparative perspective / Marsha Pripstein Posusney -- 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 -- Multiparty elections in 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 -- The outlook for authoritarians / Michele Penner Angrist.

9781588263421 1588263428 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Middle East - Politics and government - 21st century
Arab countries - Politics and government - 21st century
Authoritarianism - Arab countries
Authoritarianism - Middle East

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