The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East (eBook, PDF)

Regional Politics and External Policies
Redaktion: Brown, Nathan J.; Shahin, Emad

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Many residents of the Middle East - and more recently, Western powers - have placed great hope in democratization in the region. Bringing together a number of experts on the region to provide a broad ranging survey of individual countries, this book examines the experiences of activists, parties, religious groups and governments, the influences exerted on them and the difficulties involved in bringing democracy to the Middle East.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135198336
• Artikelnr.: 42511453

Autorenporträt

Nathan J. Brown is a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Middle East Studies. He also serves as a Non-resident Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Emad El-Din Shahin is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University; faculty affiliate at the Kennedy School of Government, the Dubai Initiative; and Associate Professor at the Political Science Department at the American University in Cairo.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Nathan J. Brown and Emad El-Din Shahin Part 1: The
View From Outside: External Efforts at Democracy Promotion 2. New Wine in
Old Bottles? American Efforts to Promote Democracy in the Arab World
Nathan J. Brown and Amy Hawthorne 3. Democracy and Security in the Middle
East Richard Youngs 4. The Fantasy of Arab Democracy without a Constituency
Walid Kazziha 5. Democracy and Faith: The Continuum of Political Islam
Azza Karam Part 2: Country Studies 6. Transformations in Eastern Europe and
Lessons for the Middle East Shlomo Avineri 7. Democratic Transformation in
Egypt: Controlled Reforms ... Frustrated Hopes Emad El-Din Shahin 8. The
Myth of the Democratizing Monarchy Shadi Hamid 9. Democracy in Lebanon: The
Primacy of the Sectarian System Bassel Salloukh 10. Democracy, Islam and
Secularism in Turkey Ersin Kalaycioglu 11. Conclusion Nathan J. Brown and
Emad El-Din Shahin