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Elections and Democratization in the Middle East

Part of the Elections, Voting, Technology Book Series

Editors: Hamad, Mahmoud; al-Anani, Khalil

DOI: 10.1057/9781137299253

ISBN: 978-1-349-45262-0

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Nov 25, 2015

1 - 10 of 10 Chapters

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Introduction: Democratic Beauty and Electoral Ugliness in the Middle East

Brown, Nathan J.

Pages: 1 –8

[Democracy is beautiful in principle, but democratic politics is often ugly in practice. The Arab world is entering a new electoral era—one that, as the contributions to this volume make clear, not only is based on the promise of democratic beauty but has also already brought much of the ugliness...
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Tunisia Between Democratization and Institutionalizing Uncertainty

Koehler, Kevin; Warkotsch, Jana

Pages: 9 –34

[The Tunisian Revolution not only led to the fall of one of the region’s most entrenched dictators, but it also made Tunisia stand out among the countries of the Arab Spring as the country in which the taming of political dynamics by way of electoral processes has progressed furthest. While in...
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Egypt: Transition in the Midst of Revolution

Sallam, Hesham

Pages: 35 –66

[The January 25 Revolution and the toppling of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 paved the way for a host of unprecedented transformations in Egypt’s political landscape, most notably ending Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP)’s decades-long monopoly over political power. Previously...
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Libya: Legacy of Dictatorship and the Long Path to Democracy

Omar, Manal

Pages: 67 –87

[As the Libyan people emerge from over 40 years of dictatorship under Muammar al-Qaddafi, and the brutal conflict that brought it to an end, they face the daunting challenge of successfully and peacefully transitioning to democracy. Qaddafi liked to insist he was presiding over the truest form of...
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Morocco’s “spring”: The Monarchical Advantage and Electoral Futility

Daadaoui, Mohamed

Pages: 89 –107

[The uprisings sweeping the Middle East and North Africa are effectively changing the political landscape in the region. But while some countries are undergoing popular social changes, some will not see the same social revolutionary impulse. While the so-called Arab spring has so far toppled...
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Elections and Transition in Yemen

Durac, Vincent

Pages: 109 –132

[Elections and electoral politics have occupied a significant place in the political life of Yemen since the emergence of the new republic at the end of the Cold War. The momentous events of 2011 have seen the inauguration of a new phase in Yemeni politics with the handover of power from...
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Iraq: Democracy and Electoral Politics in Post-Saddam Era

Visser, Reidar

Pages: 133 –152

[From the beginning of the Iraq War in March 2003 until the complete withdrawal of US military troops from Iraq in December 2011, Iraqis went to the polls on a massive scale on altogether five occasions. In January 2005, they elected a constituent assembly as well as provincial councils; in...
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Elections and Authoritarianism in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Zaccara, Luciano

Pages: 153 –178

[This chapter presents an analysis of the political and electoral system of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim to draw light to the debate on the nature of the regime type and the functions of elections in such kind of regimes.]
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Elections and Regime Change in Turkey: Tenacious Rise of Political Islam

Ulusoy, Kivanç

Pages: 179 –202

[This chapter seeks to analyze the two elections constituting landmarks in the rise of political Islam to power in Turkey: the 1994 municipal elections and the 2002 general elections. The Welfare Party (RP) captured the greater city municipalities such as Istanbul and Ankara in the 1994 municipal...
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Elections and Beyond: Democratization, Democratic Consolidation, or What?

Hamad, Mahmoud; al-Anani, Khalil

Pages: 203 –221

[It was once noted correctly that “there are two predictable, and nearly always mistaken, responses to any great international upheaval: one to say that everything has changed; the other is to say that nothing has changed.”1 Many expected in the euphoria that followed the Arab Spring a quick and...

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