Political Parties in the Arab World: Continuity and Change

Cavatorta, Francesco

ISBN 10: 1474424074 / ISBN 13: 9781474424073

Editore: Edinburgh University Press, 2018

. . 2018. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9781474424073

Riassunto:

The Middle East is a region notorious for political systems traditionally built around absolutist monarchs and military-dependent presidents. What is the role of political parties in such a context? How do they support or undermine such authoritarian forms of rule? What part have they played in the survival and transformation of political systems after the Arab uprisings? What are the policy preferences of party elites and how do they connect with citizens' expectations? How do parties challenge and reflect the main social cleavages? Finally, what is the genuine significance of parties and party politics in a region struggling for some sort of democratic future? This book attempts to answer these questions through a thorough theoretical and empirical examination and analysis of the most important aspects and traits of political parties and party politics in the Arab world, exploring cases from across the region.

Informazioni sugli autori:

Francesco Cavatorta is professor of political science and director of the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur l’Afrique et le Moyen Orient (CIRAM) at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. His research focuses on the dynamics of authoritarianism and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa. His current research projects deal with party politics and the role of political parties in the region. He has published several journal articles and books.

Lise Storm is Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter. She is author of Party Politics and Prospects for Democracy in North Africa (2013) and Democratisation in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State (2007).

Francesco Cavatorta is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Université Laval, Québec, Canada. He is author of The International Dimension of the Failed Algerian Transition: Democracy Betrayed? (2009), editor of State-Society Relations Under Authoritarian Constraints (2012) and co-editor of Civil Society Activism in Syria and Iran (2013).

Lise Storm is Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter. She is author of Party Politics and Prospects for Democracy in North Africa (2013) and Democratisation in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State (2007).

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Titolo: Political Parties in the Arab World: ...
Casa editrice: Edinburgh University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
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