Political Parties in the Arab World : : Continuity and Change / / Francesco Cavatorta, Lise Storm.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Cavatorta, Francesco,; Storm, Lise,
• MitwirkendeR: Alles, Larissa,; Cavatorta, Francesco,; Daher, Aurélie,; Debuysere, Loes,; Edwards, Sophie A.,; Jamal, Manal A.,; Kamel, Amir M.,; Kraetzschmar, Hendrik,; Kyak, Anass El,; Ojeda-García, Raquel,; Pall, Zoltan,; Resta, Valeria,; Storm, Lise,; Wolf, Anne,; Yaghi, Mohammad,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 10 B/W illustrations

Analyses political parties and party politics in the contemporary Arab worldThe Middle East is a region notorious for political systems traditionally built around absolutist monarchs and military-dependent presidents. What is the role of political parties in such a context? How do they support or undermine such authoritarian forms of rule? What part have they played in the survival and transformation of political systems after the Arab uprisings? What are the policy preferences of party elites and how do they connect with citizens’ expectations? How do parties challenge and reflect the main social cleavages? Finally, what is the genuine significance of parties and party politics in a region struggling for some sort of democratic future? This book attempts to answer these questions through a thorough theoretical and empirical examination and analysis of the most important aspects and traits of political parties and party politics in the Arab world, exploring cases from across the region.Key FeaturesSets out an innovative research agenda on a under-studied topicProvides a comparative perspective on political parties across the regionAnalyses the ways in which political parties in the Arab world matter and develop Offers a more systematic understanding of the functioning of Arab regimes by incorporating the role political parties play in themIncludes case studies of Iraq, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon and PalestineContributorsLarissa Alles, University of St. Andrews Aurelie Daher, Université Paris-Dauphine Loes Debuysere, Ghent UniversitySophie A Edwards, Independent ResearcherAnass El Kyak, Université LavalManal A. Jamal, James Madison University Amir Magdy Kamel, King’s College London‪Hendrik Kraetzschmar, University of LeedsRaquel Ojeda-García, University of GranadaZoltan Pall, National University of SingaporeValeria Resta, University of Milan Anne Wolf, University of Cambridge and University of OxfordMohammad Yaghi, Queen’s University in Kingston

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Do Arabs not do parties? An introduction and exploration -- Part 1 Party families -- Chapter 2 Leftist parties in the Arab region before and after the Arab Uprisings: ‘unrequited love’? -- Chapter 3 What are ‘secular’ parties in the Arab world? Insights from Tunisia’s Nidaa Tounes and Morocco’s PAM -- Chapter 4 The institutionalisation of Islamist political parties after the uprisings -- Chapter 5 Do Salafi parties represent a contradiction in terms? The development and fragmentation of Kuwait’s Salafi Islamic Group -- Part 2 International constraints -- Chapter 6 Shi’ism, national belonging and political Islam: the Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon -- Chapter 7 Party politics in the Palestinian Territories -- Chapter 8 Sectarian friction and the struggle for power: party politics in Iraq post-2003 -- Chapter 9 Post-Gaddafi Libya: rejecting a political party system -- Part 3 Societal constituents -- Chapter 10 Tribes and political parties in the contemporary Arab world: a reassessment from Yemen -- Chapter 11 In the shadow of legality: proto-parties and participatory politics in the Emirate of Kuwait -- Chapter 12 Transformations in the political party system in Mauritania: the case of the Union for the Republic -- Chapter 13 Women’s political inclusion and prospects for democracy in North Africa -- Chapter 14 Why did Tunisian and Egyptian youth activists fail to build competitive political parties? -- Conclusion and perspectives -- Chapter 15 Arab parties in context: lessons learned -- The contributors -- Index