Authoritarianism in the Middle East :  regimes and resistance / 
edited by Marsha Pripstein Posusney and Michele Penner Angrist. 
 - Boulder, Colo. :  Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.,  2005. 
 - x, 276 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1588263428 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781588263421 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1588263177 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781588263179 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005011302 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authoritarianism--Arab countries.<br/>Authoritarianism--Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.<br/>Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ1850.A58 A94 2005 439 DS 63.18  / A939 2005