Democracy without Democrats?
Renewal of Politics in the Muslim World
Published on 31. December 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-85043-866-3 (ISBN)
Description
Ideas of democracy and political liberalization have recently become central to political debate within and about the Middle East. The current focus on the merits of democratic practice in many areas of the world, coupled with the spread of economic liberalism, will inevitably, according to some accounts, bring about a measure of political pluralism. Against this, the persistence of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, together with the fragility of experiments with democracy, have revived an old argument: are Islam and democracy essentially irreconcilable? This text aims to bring together many of the best-known writers on Middle Eastern politics. Challenging the assumption that the Middle East is a unique case, they offer new frameworks within which to analyze the process of democratization.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
495 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85043-866-3 (9781850438663)
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Content
Introduction - Where are the democrats?, Ghassan Salame. Part 1 Hypotheses: democracy without democrats? - the potential for political liberalization in the Middle East, John Waterbury; democratization in the Arab world - uncertainty, vulnerability and legitimacy - a tentative conceptualization and some hypotheses, Jean Leca; small is pluralistic - democracy as an instrument of civil peace, Ghassan Salame; populism contra democracy - recent democratist discourse in the Arab world, Aziz Al-Azmeh; the oil rent, the fiscal crisis of the state and democratization, Giacomo Luciani; demographic explosion or social upheaval?, Philippe Fargues. Part 2 Cases: socio-economic change and political mobilization - the case of Egypt, Roger Owen; the integration of the integrists - a comparative study of Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, Gudrun Kramer; socio-economic change and political implications - the Maghreb, Abdelbaki Hermassi; the private sector, economic liberalization, and the prospects of democratization - the case of Syria and some other Arab countries, Volker Perthes; patronage and solidarity groups - survival or reformation?, Olivier Roy; republican trajectories in Iran and Turkey - a Tocquevillian reading, Jean-Francois Bayart.