More freedom, less terror?
Subtitle: liberalization and political violence in the Arab world
By: Dalia Dassa Kaye ... [et al.].
Contributors: Kaye, Dalia Dassa.
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780833045089
Subjects: Democratization -- Arab countries -- Case studies; Political violence -- Arab countries -- Case studies; Terrorism -- Arab countries; Arab countries -- Politics and government
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Tackling the democracy-terrorism question: the study's approach; title: Liberalization in the Arab world can both contain and exacerbate political violence; title: Pursue realistic democracy promotion rather than a return to realism; title: Acknowledgments; title: Glossary, list of symbols, etc; title: "Democracy" and terrorism in the Arab world: a framework for analysis; title: Introduction; title: Democracy in the Middle East: "liberalized autocracies" or genuine democratization?; title: Understanding terrorism; title: The democracy-terrorism debate; title: Post 9/11 "draining the swamp" logic; title: Debunking the links: democracy backlash; title: Democracy-terrorism hypotheses; title: Empirical application to the Arab world: case selection and methods; title: Egypt; title: Introduction; title: Liberalization in the Mubarak era; title: Terrorism trends; title: Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism; title: Assessing effects; title: Repression and destabilization; title: Conclusion; title: Jordan; title: Liberalization trends; title: Terrorism trends; title: Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism; title: Assessing effects; title: Normative effects; title: Institutional effects; title: Legitimacy; title: Conclusion; title: Bahrain; title: Introduction; title: Liberalization trends; title: Trends in violence; title: Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism; title: Assessing effects; title: Perceptions of regime legitimacy; title: Norms of tolerance and pluralism; title: Institutional logic; title: Conclusions and implications; title: Saudi Arabia; title: Introduction; title: Liberalization trends; title: Trends in terrorism and violence; title: Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism; title: Assessing effects; title: Regime legitimacy; title: Normative and institutional effects: the municipal council elections; title: Conclusion; title: Algeria; title: Trends in liberalization; title: Trends in violent activity comparing levels of freedom and terrorism; title: Assessing effects; title: Institutional effects; title: Normative effects; title: The effects of state actions on perceptions of regime legitimacy; title: Summary and implications; title: Morocco; title: Introduction; title: Trends in liberalization; title: Trends in violent activity; title: Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism; title: Assessing effects; title: Institutional effects; title: Normative effects; title: Legitimacy; title: Conclusion; title: Conclusion; title: Liberalization in the Arab world can both contain and exacerbate political violence; title: Policy implications: a return to realism or realistic democracy promotion?; title: Policy recommendations; title: A. First appendix title; title: B. Subsequent appendix title; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Figures.