Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World : : Theoretical Perspectives /

Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World : : Theoretical Perspectives / / ed. by Rex Brynen, Paul Noble, Bahgat Korany.

Focuses on the major factors shaping liberalization/democratization in the Arab world, as well as the role played by particular social groups.

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MitwirkendeR:
Anderson, Lisa,
Ben-Dor, Gabriel,
Brumberg, Daniel,
Brynen, Rex,
Clark, Janine Astrid,
Farsoun, Samih K.,
Garon, Lise,
Gause, F. Gregory,
Hatem, Mervat F.,
Hudson, Michael C.,
Ibrahim, Saad Eddin,
Ismail, Salwa,
Kamel al-Sayyid, Mustapha,
Korany, Bahgat,
Krämer, Gudrun,
Luciani, Giacomo,
Noble, Paul,
Zacharia, Christina,
HerausgeberIn:
Brynen, Rex,
Korany, Bahgat,
Noble, Paul ,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©1996
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (350 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives on Arab Liberalization and Democratization
  • 2. Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World: An Overview
  • Part 1. The Domestic Setting: Culture, Discourse, and Politics
  • 3. The Political Culture Approach to Arab Democratization: The Case for Bringing It Back In, Carefully
  • 4. Democracy in the Arab World: A Critique of the Political Culture Approach
  • 5. Democracy in Contemporary Arab Intellectual Discourse
  • 6. Islam and Pluralism
  • Part 2. Civil Society: Actors and Activism, Empowerment and Peripheralization
  • 7. The Concept of Civil Society and the Arab World
  • 8. The Press and Democratic Transition in Arab Societies: The Algerian Case
  • 9. Democratization and Social Islam: A Case Study of the Islamic Health Clinics in Cairo
  • 10. Political Liberalization, Gender, and the State
  • Part 3. Political Economy
  • 11. Resources, Revenues, and Authoritarianism in the Arab World: Beyond the Rentier State?
  • 12. Authoritarian Legacies and Reform Strategies in the Arab World
  • 13. Class, Economic Change, and Political Liberalization in the Arab World
  • Part 4. The Regional and International Context
  • 14. Regional Influences on Experiments in Political Liberalization in the Arab World
  • 15. Prospects of Democratization in the Arab World: Global Diffusion, Regional Demonstration, and Domestic Imperatives
  • Conclusion
  • 16. Trends, Trajectories, or Interesting Possibilities? Some Conclusions on Arab Democratization and Its Study
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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