LEADER 04149oam 22005775 450 001 9910733715803321 005 20240122173358.0 010 $a9783030992408 010 $a9783030992408$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783030992392 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-99240-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6992168 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6992168 035 $a(CKB)22444037600041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-99240-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)9922444037600041 100 $a20220517d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPacted democracy in the Middle East $eTunisia and Egypt in comparative perspective /$fHicham Alaoui 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (308 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aSt Antony's Series,$x2633-5972 311 08$aPrint version: Alaoui, Hicham Pacted Democracy in the Middle East Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030992392 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $a?After a decade of counter-revolutionary backlash, Hicham Alaoui offers a much-welcomed alternative to the current impasse, with this solid study of how a pacted transition could drag Arab countries out of the dictatorial quagmire.? ?Jean-Pierre Filiu, Professor of Middle East Studies, Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs, France ?Hicham Alaoui presents a bold and rigorous endeavour to explain how a ?democratic pact? could work in the Middle East notwithstanding the religious factor that is too often perceived as preventing the democratisation of the region. A sound and timely critic of the ?Muslim exceptionalism.?? ?Olivier Roy, Professor, European University Institute, Italy ?This unique study is a cry from the heart for democratization of Muslim majority countries coupled with theoretically sophisticated, empirically grounded analyses of how democratic transitions can be secured.? ?Bob Springborg, Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King?s College, London ?This book provides a fine-grained, paired comparison between Tunisia and Egypt in the immediate aftermath of the ?arab spring? political upheavals of 2011.? ?Laurence Whitehead, Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford University, UK This book provides a new theory for how democracy can materialize in the Middle East, and the broader Muslim world. It shows that one pathway to democratization lays not in resolving important, but often irreconcilable, debates about the role of religion in politics. Rather, it requires that Islamists and their secular opponents focus on the concerns of pragmatic survival?that is, compromise through pacting, rather than battling through difficult philosophical issues about faith. This is the only book-length treatment of this topic, and one that aims to redefine the boundaries of an urgent problem that continues to haunt struggles for democracy in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. 410 0$aSt Antony's Series,$x2633-5972 606 $aArab Spring, 2010- 606 $aDemocracy$zEgypt 606 $aDemocracy$zMiddle East 606 $aDemocracy$zTunisia 607 $aEgypt$xPolitics and government$y2011- 607 $aTunisia$xPolitics and government$y2011- 615 0$aArab Spring, 2010- 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.956 676 $a320.56 700 $aMoulay Hicham$cPrince of Morocco,$f1964-$01370283 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910733715803321 996 $aPacted democracy in the Middle East$93398414 997 $aUNINA