Islam and democracy in the Middle East / edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, and Daniel Brumberg. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. - xxvi, 322 p. ; 24 cm. - A journal of democracy book .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A record of failure / Mohamed Talbi -- Illusions of change / Emmanuel Sivan -- The awakening of civil society / Laith Kubba -- The trap of liberalized autocracy / Daniel Brumberg -- The decline of pluralism in Mubarak's Egypt / Jason Brownlee -- Algeria's uneasy peace / William B. Quandt -- Depoliticization in Morocco / Abdeslam M. Maghraoui -- Stirrings in Saudi Arabia / Jean-Fran�cois Seznec -- Emirs and parliaments in the Gulf / Michael Herb -- Yemen's aborted opening / Jillian Schwedler -- Deliberalization in Jordan / Russell E. Lucas -- Iran's remarkable election / Shaul Bakhash -- Is Iran democratizing? observations on election day / Haleh Esfandiari -- Is Iran democratizing? reform at an impasse / Ladan Boroumand and Roya Boroumand -- Is Iran democratizing? a comparativist's perspective / Daniel Brumberg -- The deadlock in Iran : pressures from below / Ramin Jahanbegloo -- The deadlock in Iran : constitutional constraints / Mehrangiz Kar -- Turkey at the polls : after the tsunami / Soli �Ozel -- Turkey at the polls : a new path emerges / Ziya �Oni�s and E. Fuat Keyman -- Muslims and democracy / Abdou Filali-Ansary -- A historical overview / Bernard Lewis -- Two visions of reformation / Robin Wright -- The challenge of secularization / Abdou Filali-Ansary -- The sources of enlightened Muslim thought / Abdou Filali-Ansary -- The elusive reformation / Abdelwahab El-Affendi -- The silenced majority / Radwan A. Masmoudi -- Faith and modernity / Laith Kubba -- Islamists and the politics of consensus / Daniel Brumberg -- An exit from Arab autocracy / Vickie Langohr -- Terror, Islam, and democracy / Ladan Boroumand and Roya Boroumand.

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Islam and politics--Middle East.
Democracy--Middle East.


Middle East--Politics and government.

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