The Middle East and problems of democracy

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The Middle East and problems of democracy

Heather Deegan

(Issues in Third World politics)

Open University Press, 1993

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780335156863

内容説明

In the post-Cold War, post-Gulf War political environment of the Middle East, a debate about democracy and pluralism has begun. In this work, Heather Deegan challenges the view that political reform is unsustainable in the region, and examines the moves towards democratization which have recently taken place. She discusses individual countries on the basis of their political structures: monarchical, authoritarian, theocratic, confessional and multiparty. She considers factors in the democratizing process such as the institution of political parties, the re-introduction of elections, citizenship with associated rights and responsibilities and the role of Islam. Democracy is not confined solely to a liberal democratic model although political change and greater levels of participation may be viewed as steps paving the way for a fuller democratization in a liberal democratic sense. The author identifies certain constraints which tended to undermine political advances in the past: population mobility, communal division and the impact of the Cold War. She places the possibilities for political reform in the wider context of the Third World in order to assess the degree to which prospects for democracy in the Middle East correspond with general conclusions about democratization in the developing world.

目次

Democracy and democratization the monarchical/dynastic state - Jordan and Kuwait the theocratic state - Iran the dominant party state - Syria and Iraq the multi-party state - Israel the confessional state - The Lebanon prospects for democratization
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ISBN 9780335156870

内容説明

In the post-Cold War, post-Gulf War political environment of the Middle East, a debate about democracy and pluralism has begun. In this work, Heather Deegan challenges the view that political reform is unsustainable in the region, and examines the moves towards democratization which have recently taken place. She discusses individual countries on the basis of their political structures: monarchical, authoritarian, theocratic, confessional and multiparty. She considers factors in the democratizing process such as the institution of political parties, the re-introduction of elections, citizenship with associated rights and responsibilities and the role of Islam. Democracy is not confined solely to a liberal democratic model although political change and greater levels of participation may be viewed as steps paving the way for a fuller democratization in a liberal democratic sense. The author identifies certain constraints which tended to undermine political advances in the past: population mobility, communal division and the impact of the Cold War. She places the possibilities for political reform in the wider context of the Third World in order to assess the degree to which prospects for democracy in the Middle East correspond with general conclusions about democratization in the developing world.

目次

  • Democracy and democratization
  • the monarchical/dynastic state - Jordan and Kuwait
  • the theocratic state - Iran
  • the dominant party state - Syria and Iraq
  • the multi-party state - Israel
  • the confessional state - The Lebanon
  • prospects for democratization.

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