List of Tables; Abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction; 1. Rethinking Democratization in the Arab Context; 2. Mapping out Arab Electoralism, 1998-2008; 3. Elections Without Democracy: The False Starts, 1975-97; 4. The Greater Middle East Initiative: A US Democracy Promotion 'Road Map'?; 5. Catalysts from Below: Democratic Transition and 'Bread Riots'; 6. Al-Jazeerah and the Internet as Sites of Democratic Struggle; 7. Conclusions; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary
How do Arab countries democratise? This is the key question this book seeks to answer. To this end, the book assesses Arab democratic experiments and analyzes the opportunities and perils, highlighting the peculiarities of democratic transitions in the Arab Middle East
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-299) and index
