Of Empires and Citizens : : Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All? / / Amaney A. Jamal.
In the post-Cold War era, why has democratization been slow to arrive in the Arab world? This book argues that to understand support for the authoritarian status quo in parts of this region--and the willingness of its citizens to compromise on core democratic principles--one must factor in how a str...
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Jamal, Amaney A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Of Empires and Citizens : Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All? / Amaney A. Jamal. Core Textbook Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2012] ©2013 1 online resource (296 p.) : 12 line illus. 17 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Becoming Jordan and Kuwait -- CHAPTER THREE. Islamist Momentum in the Arab World -- CHAPTER FOUR. Engaging the Regime through the Lens of the United States -- CHAPTER FIVE. Support for Democracy and Authoritarianism -- CHAPTER SIX. Morocco -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Palestine and Saudi Arabia and the Limits of Democracy -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Influence of International Context on Domestic- Level Models of Regime Transition and Democratic Consolidation -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In the post-Cold War era, why has democratization been slow to arrive in the Arab world? This book argues that to understand support for the authoritarian status quo in parts of this region--and the willingness of its citizens to compromise on core democratic principles--one must factor in how a strong U.S. presence and popular anti-Americanism weakens democratic voices. Examining such countries as Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, Amaney Jamal explores how Arab citizens decide whether to back existing regimes, regime transitions, and democratization projects, and how the global position of Arab states shapes people's attitudes toward their governments. While the Cold War's end reduced superpower hegemony in much of the developing world, the Arab region witnessed an increased security and economic dependence on the United States. As a result, the preferences of the United States matter greatly to middle-class Arab citizens, not just the elite, and citizens will restrain their pursuit of democratization, rationalizing their backing for the status quo because of U.S. geostrategic priorities. Demonstrating how the preferences of an international patron serve as a constraint or an opportunity to push for democracy, Jamal questions bottom-up approaches to democratization, which assume that states are autonomous units in the world order. Jamal contends that even now, with the overthrow of some autocratic Arab regimes, the future course of Arab democratization will be influenced by the perception of American reactions. Concurrently, the United States must address the troubling sources of the region's rising anti-Americanism. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Anti-Americanism Arab countries. Democratization Arab countries. Democratization Government policy United States. Democratization Government policy. Islam and politics Arab countries. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics. bisacsh Arab citizens. Arab world. Cold War. Hamas. Islamic Party for Justice and Development. Islamic movements. Islamist opposition movements. Jordan. Kuwait. Morocco. Palestine. Saudi Arabia. Sharia. Soviet Union. U.S. patronage. United States. anti-American sentiment. anti-Americanism. authoritarianism. clientelism. democracy. democratization. global order. international relations. monarchy. political preferences. political transition. post-Cold War. regime change. regime clientelism. regime stability. stateгociety relations. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691149653 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400845477?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400845477 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400845477.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Becoming Jordan and Kuwait -- CHAPTER THREE. Islamist Momentum in the Arab World -- CHAPTER FOUR. Engaging the Regime through the Lens of the United States -- CHAPTER FIVE. Support for Democracy and Authoritarianism -- CHAPTER SIX. Morocco -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Palestine and Saudi Arabia and the Limits of Democracy -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Influence of International Context on Domestic- Level Models of Regime Transition and Democratic Consolidation -- Bibliography -- Index |
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