04149oam 22005775 450 991073371580332120240122173358.097830309924089783030992408(electronic bk.)978303099239210.1007/978-3-030-99240-8(MiAaPQ)EBC6992168(Au-PeEL)EBL6992168(CKB)22444037600041(DE-He213)978-3-030-99240-8(EXLCZ)992244403760004120220517d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPacted democracy in the Middle East Tunisia and Egypt in comparative perspective /Hicham Alaoui1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2022.1 online resource (308 pages) illustrationsSt Antony's Series,2633-5972Print version: Alaoui, Hicham Pacted Democracy in the Middle East Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030992392 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Locating the Inquiry -- 2. History, Secularism, and Islam -- 3. A Theory of Pacted Democracy -- 4. Tunisia – Development and State Formation -- 5. Tunisian Pacting and Islamist-Secularist Compromise -- 6. Egypt as Case of Failed Pacting -- 7. Conclusion.“After a decade of counter-revolutionary backlash, Hicham Alaoui offers a much-welcomed alternative to the current impasse, with this solid study of how a pacted transition could drag Arab countries out of the dictatorial quagmire.” —Jean-Pierre Filiu, Professor of Middle East Studies, Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs, France “Hicham Alaoui presents a bold and rigorous endeavour to explain how a ‘democratic pact’ could work in the Middle East notwithstanding the religious factor that is too often perceived as preventing the democratisation of the region. A sound and timely critic of the ‘Muslim exceptionalism.’” —Olivier Roy, Professor, European University Institute, Italy “This unique study is a cry from the heart for democratization of Muslim majority countries coupled with theoretically sophisticated, empirically grounded analyses of how democratic transitions can be secured.” —Bob Springborg, Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King’s College, London “This book provides a fine-grained, paired comparison between Tunisia and Egypt in the immediate aftermath of the ‘arab spring’ political upheavals of 2011.” —Laurence Whitehead, Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford University, UK This book provides a new theory for how democracy can materialize in the Middle East, and the broader Muslim world. It shows that one pathway to democratization lays not in resolving important, but often irreconcilable, debates about the role of religion in politics. Rather, it requires that Islamists and their secular opponents focus on the concerns of pragmatic survival—that is, compromise through pacting, rather than battling through difficult philosophical issues about faith. This is the only book-length treatment of this topic, and one that aims to redefine the boundaries of an urgent problem that continues to haunt struggles for democracy in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.St Antony's Series,2633-5972Arab Spring, 2010-DemocracyEgyptDemocracyMiddle EastDemocracyTunisiaEgyptPolitics and government2011-TunisiaPolitics and government2011-Arab Spring, 2010-DemocracyDemocracyDemocracy320.956320.56Moulay HichamPrince of Morocco,1964-1370283MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910733715803321Pacted democracy in the Middle East3398414UNINA