Democracy in the Arab World (eBook, PDF)

Explaining the Deficit
Redaktion: Elbadawi, Ibrahim; Makdisi, Samir

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Produktbeschreibung

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, drawing on case studies from across the Arab world to explore economic development, political institutions and social factors, and the impact of oil wealth and regional wars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136979620
• Artikelnr.: 43821301

Autorenporträt

Samir Makdisi is Professor Emeritus of Economics, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Relations, and Founding Director at the Institute for Financial Economics at the American University of Beirut. He has served as Deputy President of AUB; as chair of the Board of Trustees at the Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey; on the Board of the Global Development Network; and as Minister of Economy and Trade for the Republic of Lebanon. Ibrahim Elbadawi is Lead Economist at the Development Research Group of the World Bank. Until recently he was Lead Economist at the Development Research Group of the World Bank and has published widely on macroeconomic and development policy. His regional specialization covers Africa and the Middle East, where he is widely networked with academic research and policy forums in the two regions. He is also a visiting research fellow with the Center for Global Development and an Associate Editor of the Middle East Development Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Democracy and Development: Conceptual and Cross
Country Perspectives 1. Political Culture and the Crisis of Democracy in
the Arab World Abdelwahab El Affendi 2. Explaining the Arab Democracy
Deficit: The Role of Oil and Conflicts Ibrahim Elbadawi, Samir Makdisi and
Gary MilantePart 2: Case studies - Oil, Conflict and Beyond. Mashreq
Countries 3. Jordan: Propellers of Autocracy, the Arab Israeli Conflict and
Foreign Power Interventions Taher Kanaan and Joseph Massad 4. Lebanon: The
Constrained Democracy and its National Impact Samir Makdisi, Fadia Kiwan
and Marcus Marktanner 5. Syria: The Underpinnings of Autocracy: Conflict,
Oil and the Curtailment of Economic Freedom Raed Safadi, Laura Munro and
Radwan ZiadehOil Dependent Countries 6. The Gulf Region: Beyond Oil and
Wars: The Role of History and Geopolitics in Explaining Autocracy Sami
Atallah 7. Algeria: Democracy and Development under the Aegis of the
"Authoritarian Bargain" Belkacem Laabas and Ammar Bouhouche 8. Iraq:
Understanding Autocracy: Oil and Conflict in a Historical and
Socio-Political Context Eric Davis and Bassam YousifNile Valley Countries
9. Egypt: Development, Liberalization and the Persistence of Autocracy
Gouda Abdel-Khalek and Mustapha K. Al Sayyid 10. Sudan: The Colonial
Heritage, Social Polarization and the Democracy Deficit Ali Abdel Ghadir
Ali and Atta El BattahaniPart 3: Summing Up 11. The Democracy Deficit in
the Arab World: An Interpretive Synthesis Ibrahim Elbadawi and Samir
Makdisi