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Authoritarianism in the Middle East : regimes and resistance
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- Creator
- edited by Marsha Pripstein Posusney, Michele Penner Angrist
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2005
- Physical Details
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- x, 276 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781588263179, 1588263177, 9781588263421, 1588263428
- OCLC
- ocm58831157
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
- 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