TY  - BOOK
AU  - Posusney,Marsha Pripstein
AU  - Angrist,Michele Penner
TI  - Authoritarianism in the Middle East: regimes and resistance 
SN  - 1588263428 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - JQ1850.A58 A94 2005 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Boulder, Colo.
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
KW  - Authoritarianism
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
N1  - 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
ER  -