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Democracy in the Arab world : explaining the deficit
Title
Democracy in the Arab world : explaining the deficit / edited by Ibrahim Elbadawi and Samir Makdisi.
ISBN
0203852869
1136979611
1282898698
1552504913
6612898690
9780203852866
9781136979613
9781282898691
9781552504918
9786612898693
0415779995
9780415779999
Published
London ; New York : Routledge ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx, 331 pages) : illustrations
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Notes
English.
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Summary
"Despite notable socio-economic development in the Arab region, a deficit in democracy and political rights has continued to prevail. This book examines the major reasons underlying the persistence of this democracy deficit over the past decades and touches on the prospects for deepening the process of democratization in the Arab World. Contributions from major scholars in the region give a cross country analysis of economic development, political institutions and social factors, and the impact of oil wealth and regional wars, and present a model for democracy in the Arab world. Case studies are drawn from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and the Gulf region, building on these cross-country analyses and probing beyond the modelʹs main global variables. Looking beyond the effect of oil and conflicts, the chapters illustrate how specific socio-political history of the country concerned, fear of fundamentalist groups, collusion with foreign powers and foreign interventions, and the co-option of the elites by the state contribute to these problems of democratization"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Democracy in the Arab world. London ; New York : Routledge ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2011
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 27
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Political culture and the crisis of democracy in the Arab world / Abdelwahab el-Affendi
Explaining the Arab democracy deficit : the role of oil and conflicts / Ibrahim Elbadawi, Samir Makdisi and Gary Milante
Jordan : propellers of atuocracy : the Arab-Israeli conflict and foreign power interventions / Taher Kanaan and Joseph Massad
Lebanon : the constrained democracy and its national impact / Samir Makdisi, Fadia Kiwan and Marcus Marktanner
Syria : the underpinnings of autocracy : conflict, oil and the curtailment of economic freedom / Raed Safadi, Laura Munro and Radwan Ziadeh
The Gulf region : beyond oil and wars : the role of history and geopolitics in explaining autocracy / Sami Atallah
Algeria : democracy and development under the aegis of the 'authoritarian bargain' / Belkacem Laabas and Ammar Bouhouche
Iraq : understanding autocracy : oil and conflict in a historical and socio-political context / Bassam Yousif and Eric Davis
Egypt : development, liberalization and the persistence of autocracy / Gouda Abdel-Khalek and Mustapha K. Al Sayyid
Sudan : colonial heritage, social polarization and the democracy deficit / Ali Abdel Gadir Ali and Atta el-Battahani
The democracy deficit in the Arab world : an interpretive synthesis / Ibrahim Elbadawi and Samir Makdisi.
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