Routledge Handbook on Elections in the Middle East and North Africa (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Cavatorta, Francesco; Resta, Valeria

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook analyses elections in the Middle East and North Africa and seeks to overcome normative assumptions about the linkage between democracy and elections.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000829518
• Artikelnr.: 67485639

Autorenporträt

Francesco Cavatorta is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Université Laval, Québec, Canada. He is currently working on a collaborative project examining political parties and coalition governments in the Middle East and North Africa. Valeria Resta is Guest Lecturer in the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. She is currently working on a collaborative project examining political parties and coalition governments in the Middle East and North Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Elections in the Middle East and North Africa Part 1: Elections in
authoritarian settings 2. The functions of authoritarian elections:
symbolism, safety valves and clientelism 3. Elections and the management of
plurality in Algeria 4. Parliamentary elections under Mohamed VI's reign
(2002-2021) 5. Electoral districts in Jordan: an analytical study 6.
Elections in Mauritania: the role of the military 7. "Only Me": Repression,
Legal Engineering, and State-Managed Elections in Sisi's Egypt Part 2:
Elections in democratic and quasi-democratic settings 8. Israel's Electoral
System and Political Instability: Electoral Fragmentation, Party Unity and
the Prime Ministers' Political Leadership 9. When free and fair elections
are not enough. Party fragmentation and unaccountability in Tunisia 10.
Pre-electoral coalitions in Iraq: the case of the Communist-Sadrist
alliance 11. Elections and democratic backsliding in Turkey 12. From
one-sect one-vote to one-man one-vote? Demands for reforming the electoral
system in Lebanon 13. Competition under systemic religious constraints:
presidential elections in Iran Part 3: Rules, institutions and the
infrastructure of elections 14. The management of elections in Tunisia: the
Independent High Authority for Elections 15. Partial and non-partisan: the
municipal council elections in Saudi Arabia 16. Elections in the Arab
world: international monitoring and assistance 17. The independence
referendum in Kurdistan 18. Gender Quotas, Constituency Service, and
Women's Empowerment: Lessons from Algeria Part 4: Elections and campaigning
19. A minority goes to the polls: Arab voters in Israel 20. Elections in
Occupied Palestine: control, resistance and contention 21. Electoral
campaigns in post-Ben Ali's Tunisia: electoral expertise and renewed
clientelism 22. Digital strategies of Tunisian political parties: the case
of the 2018 local elections 23. The role of media in electoral campaigns in
the pandemic era. The case of Kuwait 24. Opposition Coordination under a
Competitive Authoritarian Regime. The Case of the 2019 Local Elections in
Turkey 25. Polarisation and elections under competitive authoritarianism:
the case of Turkey after 2013 26. From ballots to bullets: Libyan 2012
elections as the origin of the unachieved transition Part 5: Voting
behaviour 27. The rationality of the Arab voter 28. Clientelism in MENA
elections 29. The consequences on Arab voters of Arab Palestinian parties'
quest for power in Israeli politics 30. Class and religious cleavages. The
case of Lebanon 31. Ideology and electoral choices in Arab elections 32.
The Arab Generation Z: from Disillusionment to Pragmatism