Democratization in the Middle East : experiences, struggles, challenges /

This title addresses a numbernb of issues determining the success or failure of sustainable democratization in the region. Drawing on analyses of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, it examines patterns of democratization, and political and economic transition

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Saikal, Amin, 1950-, Schnabel, Albrecht
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : United Nations University Press, ©2003
Series:Changing nature of democracy
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • A rough journey : nascent democratization in the Middle East / Albrecht Schnabel
  • Democratic peace, conflict prevention, and the United Nations
  • Democratization and peacebuilding / Albrecht Schnabel
  • Toward a democratic peace in the Middle East / Etel Solingen
  • The United Nations and the Middle East / Amin Saikal
  • Secularization and democracy
  • Disenchanted worlds : secularization and democratization in the Middle East / Majid Tehranian
  • The influence of Islam on attitudes toward democracy in Morocco and Algeria / Mark Tessler
  • National and regional experiences
  • The democratic process in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan / Kamel S. Abu Jaber
  • "Democratic peace" and the Jewish political tradition / Gerald M. Steinberg
  • Democracy and peace in Iran and Iraq / Amin Saikal
  • State power and democratization in North Africa : developments in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya / Tom Pierre Najem