Rules and Rights in the Middle East

In a series of essays by an international group of scholars and policy makers, this book provides the first sustained look at democracy and democratic movements in the Middle East. Moving beyond a concern with the growth of Islamicist movements and nationalist states, the authors probe the historical experiences of the last hundred years and the social conflict over the past decade centering on democratic structures and processes from North Africa to Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. The essays explore from theoretical, descriptive, and political perspectives questions of democracy, freedom, and rule of law in a region that is usually thought of as lacking in all these respects. In recent years, there has been a marked growth in the number and influences of social movements and organizations working to expand social, political, and civil rights, and to constrain the power of the states in many countries in the Middle East. At the same time many of the regimes in the area have introduced practices and institutions designed to make their rule more democratic in order to enhance their domestic and international standing and legitimacy, as well as to spur economic growth.

ISBN 0295972874   Pages 280 ISBN13 9780295972879 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher University of Washington Press   Weight (grammes) 431 Imprint University of Washington Press   Published in Washington Format Paperback   Series title Jackson School Publications in International Studies (Paperback) Publication date 15 Jun 1993   Height (mm) 229 Non-book description vii, 280 p. ;   Width (mm) 146 Library of Congress Q1758.A91R   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY 956.05   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC12A

Preface Introduction PART 1. OVERVIEW The Practice of Electoral Democracy in the Arab East and North Africa: Some Lessons from Nearly a Century's Experience PART 2. POWER AGAINST POWER Populism and Democracy in Turkey, 1946-1961 Taxation without Representation: Authoritarianism and Economic Liberalization in Syria State, Legitimacy, and Democratization in the Maghreb Civil Society in Israel PART 3. PRACTICAL POLITICS Prospects and Difficulties of Democratization in the Middle East American Policy toward Democratic Political Movements in the Middle East Voices of Opposition: The International Committee for a Free Iraq PART 4. THE SHADOW OF LAW Public Confessions in the Islamic Republic of Iran Obstacles to Democratization in Iraq: A Reading of Post-Revolutionary Iraqi History through the Gulf War Private Goods, Public Wrongs, and Civil Society in Some Medieval Arab Theory and Practice Index Contributors

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