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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450865203321

Titolo

Democratization and development [[electronic resource] ] : new political strategies for the Middle East / / edited by Dietrich Jung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006

ISBN

1-281-36563-7

9786611365639

1-4039-8343-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Governance, Security and Development

Altri autori (Persone)

JungDietrich <1959->

Disciplina

320.956

Soggetti

Democratization - Middle East

Democracy - Middle East

Secularization - Middle East

Electronic books.

Middle East Politics and government 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Note on Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 War-Making and State-Making in the Middle East""; ""Part I Transnational and International Contexts""; ""2 Dancing with Wolves: Dilemmas of Democracy Promotion in Authoritarian Contexts""; ""3 Who�s Afraid of Transnationalism? Arabism, Islamism, and the Prospects of Democratization in the Arab East""; ""4 Democratization and the New Arab Media""; ""Part II Case Studies""; ""5 The Political Economy of Islam and Democracy in Turkey: From the Welfare Party to the AKP""

""6 “Democratization� Reforms as a Means of Stabilizing Authoritarian Rule in Contemporary Egypt""""7 State and Market in Syria: The Politics of Economic Liberalization""; ""Conclusions""; ""8 Democratizing the Middle East: A Means of Ensuring International Security or an End in Itself?""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring the political economy of development and democracy in the



Middle East, this book provides new insight into the effects of external initiatives for the support of good governance in Arab states, the impact of transnational Islamist networks on democratization in the Middle East, and the role of new satellite broadcasting in the Arab world.