03709oam 2200745I 450 991077858180332120230725041137.01-135-19832-21-135-19833-01-282-37747-797866123774710-203-86987-710.4324/9780203869871 (CKB)1000000000804158(EBL)460279(OCoLC)609845479(SSID)ssj0000366315(PQKBManifestationID)12098864(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366315(PQKBWorkID)10413966(PQKB)10375866(MiAaPQ)EBC460279(Au-PeEL)EBL460279(CaPaEBR)ebr10349567(CaONFJC)MIL237747(OCoLC)894226886 (EXLCZ)99100000000080415820180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe struggle over democracy in the Middle East regional politics and external policies /[edited by] Nathan J. Brown and Emad El-Din ShahinMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (214 p.)UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-415-77380-6 0-415-77379-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I The view from outside: External efforts at democracy promotion; 2 New wine in old bottles?: American efforts to promote democracy in the Arab world; 3 Democracy and security in the Middle East; 4 The fantasy of Arab democracy without a constituency; 5 Democracy and faith: The continuum of political Islam; Part II Country studies; 6 Transformations in Eastern Europe and lessons for the Middle East; 7 Democratic transformation in Egypt: Controlled reforms ... frustrated hopes8 Jordan: The myth of the democratizing monarchy9 Democracy in Lebanon: The primacy of the sectarian system; 10 Democracy, Islam, and secularism in Turkey; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexMany residents of the Middle East - and more recently, Western powers - have placed great hope in democratization in the region. Yet authoritarianism remains the norm and movement towards democracy is both slow and uneven. The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East examines democracy and democratization in the light of regional realities rather than the wishful thinking of outsiders. Specialists from the region analyze democratic prospects in the region, while accomplished scholars from the United States and the United Kingdom analyze Western policy, providing a wide-raUCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) seriesDemocratizationArab countriesDemocratizationMiddle EastDemocracyArab countriesDemocracyMiddle EastArab countriesPolitics and government1945-Middle EastPolitics and government1979-DemocratizationDemocratizationDemocracyDemocracy320.956321.80956Brown Nathan J661390Shahin Emad Eldin1957-1546937FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910778581803321The struggle over democracy in the Middle East3802826UNINA