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Authoritarianism in the Middle East : regimes and resistance / edited by Marsha Pripstein Posusney and Michele Penner Angrist.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2005.Description: x, 276 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1588263428 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781588263421 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1588263177 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781588263179 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JQ1850.A58 A94 2005
  • 439 DS 63.18 A939 2005
Contents:
Contents: 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
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) JQ1850.A58 A94 2005 | 439 DS 63.18 A939 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000029337

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: 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

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