Democracy in the Arab world : explaining the deficit /

Democracy in the Arab world : explaining the deficit /

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Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Description:	xx, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 27 Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 27.
Subject:	Despotism -- Arab countries. Political culture -- Arab countries. Despotism. Political culture. Political science. Arab countries -- Politics and government. Arab countries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9972762

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Other authors / contributors:	Makdisi, Samir A., 1932- Elbadawi, Ibrahim.
ISBN:	9780415779999 (hardback) 0415779995 (hardback) 9780203852866 (e-book) 0203852869 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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 and touches on the prospects for deepening the process of democratization in the Arab World. Contributions from major scholars in the region give a cross country analysis of economic development, political institutions and social factors, and the impact of oil wealth and regional wars, and present a model for democracy in the Arab world. Case studies are drawn from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and the Gulf region, building on these cross-country analyses and probing beyond the modelʹs main global variables. Looking beyond the effect of oil and conflicts, the chapters illustrate how specific socio-political history of the country concerned, fear of fundamentalist groups, collusion with foreign powers and foreign interventions, and the co-option of the elites by the state contribute to these problems of democratization. -- Publisher description from http://www.routledge.com (Oct. 4, 2011).

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