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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction: Between Contestation and Control: Electoral Politics and the Quest for Representation in West Asia and North Africa.- Part I: Electoral Engineering and Regime Legitimation.- Chapter 2: The Illusion of Reform: Electoral Politics and Monarchical Power in Jordan.- Chapter 3: Egypt’s Electoral Politics Post-2011: Legitimacy and Authoritarian Control.- Chapter 4: Parliamentary Elections and the Road to Reform in Post-Arab Spring Morocco.- Chapter 5: Saudi Arabia: Electoral Formalism and the Limits of Citizen Participation under Absolute Monarchy.- Part II: Opposition Dynamics and Constrained Pluralism.- Chapter 6: Elections and Executive Power in Kuwait’s Monarchy: Reversal of Opposition Gains, 2012–2024.- Chapter 7: Türkiye’s 2023 Elections: Opposition Setbacks and Future Prospects.- Chapter 8: Authoritarian Governance and Elections in the UAE and Bahrain: A Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 9: The Illusion of Consensus: Electoral Politics and the Challenge of Governance in Tunisia.- Part III: Institutional Fragility and Contested Sovereignty.- Chapter 10: The Question of People’s Representation in Iran: Negotiating Democracy with ‘Divinity’.- Chapter 11: Between Ballots and Bullets: The Political Meaning of Libya’s Missing Elections.- Chapter 12: Contesting Representation: Hamas and Electoral Politics in a Divided Palestine.- Chapter 13: Lebanese Electoral Politics: Consociationalism and its Limitations.- Chapter 14: Elections and Representation in Post-Saddam Iraq: Institutional Fragility and Sectarian Politics.- Part IV: Electoral Engagement and Limits of Participation.- Chapter 15: Political Participation in Qatar: From Municipal Elections to the Shura Council.- Chapter 16: Divided We Stand: The Electoral System and Voter Turnout in Israel, 2019–2022.- Chapter 17: Elections Without Alternation in Algeria: Protest Cycles and FLN Continuity under Military Guardianship.- Chapter 18: Conclusion.
