Debating Arab authoritarianism
Subtitle: dynamics and durability in nondemocratic regimes
By: edited by Oliver Schlumberger.
Contributors: Schlumberger, Oliver.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780804757768
Subjects: Authoritarianism -- Arab countries.; Authoritarianism -- Middle East.; Democratization -- Arab countries.; Democratization -- Middle East.; Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-335) and index.
Table of contents: value: Arab authoritarianism: debating the dynamics and durability of nondemocratic regimes / Oliver Schlumberger; value: State-society relations and opposition; value: Social pacts and the persistence of authoritarianism in the Middle East / Steven Heydemann; value: The management of opposition: formal structures of contestation and informal manipulation in Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco / Ellen Lust-Okar; value: Authoritarian opposition and the politics of challenge in Egypt / Holger Albrecht; value: Islamist inclusion and regime persistence: the Moroccan win-win situation / Eva Wegner; value: The regimes; value: The ozymandias syndrome: questioning the stability of Middle Eastern regimes / Peter Sluglett; value: Intraregime dynamics, uncertainty, and the persistence of authoritarianism in the contemporary Arab world / Fred H. Lawson; value: The privatization of social services as a regime strategy: the revival of Islamic endowments (Awqaf) in Egypt / Daniela Pioppi; value: State-building, liberalization from above, and political legitimacy in the Sultanate of Oman / Marc Valeri; value: The economy and the polity; value: Linking economic and political reform in the Middle East: the role of the bourgeoisie / Giacomo Luciani; value: The political economy of regime maintenance in Egypt: linking external resources and domestic legitimation / Thomas Richter; value: From political to economic actors: the changing role of Middle Eastern armies / Philippe Droz-Vincent; value: The international arena; value: International dimensions of Middle Eastern authoritarianism: the G8 and external efforts at political reform / Mustapha K. Sayyid; value: Democracy promotion and the renewal of authoritarian rule / Eberhard Kienle; value: The longevity of the House of Saud: looking outside the box / Paul Aarts; value: Notes; value: Biblography; value: Index.