Governance in the Middle East is topic of interest to scholars, activists and policy makers. The currently proposed book is intended to present the first comprehensive framework of the question of governance in the Middle East in its various forms and manifestations: political, economic, and government performance. This study will supply the context that is missing in the existing literature on, perhaps, the last bastion of authoritarianism in the world.
Author(s): Abbas Kadhim
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2012
Governance in the Middle East and North Africa
Copyright
Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
List of contributors
List of abbreviations
Part I Overview
Chapter 1 Governance-constrained growth in the MENA region
Chapter 2 Stuff is not enough: Resources and governance in the Middle East
Chapter 3 The Middle East political economy and the Arab Awakening: A diffcult symbiosis?
Chapter 4 Trade agreements in the MENA region: Contribution to better governance
Chapter 5 Illegitimate governance: The roots of Islamist radicalization in the MENA
Chapter 6 Arab intellectuals and authority: A continuity of an implied system
Chapter 7 The prospects for democratization in the Middle East
Chapter 8 The improvement of women’s rights in the Arab world: The importance of governing authorities
Chapter 9 The Islamic veil in civil societies
Chapter 10 Revolutions in the Middle East: Demands for political, social and economic changes and the states’ repressive response
Part II Country studies
Chapter 11 Transition in progress: Governance in Iraq 2003–11
Chapter 12 Managing the Islamic Republic: Governance in post-revolutionary Iran
Chapter 13 Civilianizing Turkish policy: Civil society in decision-making and civil-military relations
Chapter 14 The Kingdom: Can the magic last?
Chapter 15 Qatar: Democratic reforms and global status
Chapter 16 Government in the United Arab Emirates: Progress and pathologies
Chapter 17 Political pluralism and governance challenges in Kuwait and Bahrain
Chapter 18 Yemen on the precipice: Governing the ungovernable
Chapter 19 The solitary sultan and the construction of the new Oman
Chapter 20 Antimonies of economic governance in contemporary Syria
Chapter 21 Governance, reform and resurgent ethnic identity politics in Jordan
Chapter 22 Palestinian governance: Against all odds
Chapter 23 The evolution of governance in Israel
Chapter 24 Governance in Egypt
Chapter 25 Sudan: Governance in a divided country, 1956–2010
Chapter 26 Governance reforms in Morocco: Beyond electoral authoritarianism?
Chapter 27 Governance in Algeria: The protracted transition to democratic rule
Chapter 28 Governance in Libya
Index
