LEADER 03712oam 2200745I 450 001 9910454949403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-19833-0 010 $a1-282-37747-7 010 $a9786612377471 010 $a0-203-86987-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203869871 035 $a(CKB)1000000000804158 035 $a(EBL)460279 035 $a(OCoLC)609845479 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000366315 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12098864 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366315 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413966 035 $a(PQKB)10375866 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC460279 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL460279 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10349567 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL237747 035 $a(OCoLC)894226886 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000804158 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe struggle over democracy in the Middle East $eregional politics and external policies /$f[edited by] Nathan J. Brown and Emad El-Din Shahin 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (214 p.) 225 0 $aUCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-77380-6 311 $a0-415-77379-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 hopes 327 $a8 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; Index 330 $aMany residents of the Middle East - and more recently, Western powers - have placed great hope in democratization in the region. Yet authoritarianism remains the norm and movement towards democracy is both slow and uneven. The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East examines democracy and democratization in the light of regional realities rather than the wishful thinking of outsiders. Specialists from the region analyze democratic prospects in the region, while accomplished scholars from the United States and the United Kingdom analyze Western policy, providing a wide-ra 410 0$aUCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series 606 $aDemocratization$zArab countries 606 $aDemocratization$zMiddle East 606 $aDemocracy$zArab countries 606 $aDemocracy$zMiddle East 607 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y1945- 607 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government$y1979- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.956 676 $a321.80956 701 $aBrown$b Nathan J$0661390 701 $aShahin$b Emad Eldin$f1957-$0956260 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454949403321 996 $aThe struggle over democracy in the Middle East$92165209 997 $aUNINA