Description
Book SynopsisLooks at democracy and democratic movements in the Middle East. Moving beyond a concern with the growth of Islamicist movements and nationalist states, this book probes the historical experiences of the last hundred years and the social conflict centering on democratic structures and processes from North Africa to Turkey, Iraq, and Iran.
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
PART 1. OVERVIEW
The Practice of Electoral Democracy in the Arab East and North Africa: Some Lessons from Nearly a Century's Experience
PART 2. POWER AGAINST POWER
Populism and Democracy in Turkey, 1946-1961
Taxation without Representation: Authoritarianism and Economic Liberalization in Syria
State, Legitimacy, and Democratization in the Maghreb
Civil Society in Israel
PART 3. PRACTICAL POLITICS
Prospects and Difficulties of Democratization in the Middle East
American Policy toward Democratic Political Movements in the Middle East
Voices of Opposition: The International Committee for a Free Iraq
PART 4. THE SHADOW OF LAW
Public Confessions in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Obstacles to Democratization in Iraq: A Reading of Post-Revolutionary Iraqi History through the Gulf War
Private Goods, Public Wrongs, and Civil Society in Some Medieval Arab Theory and Practice
Index
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