Negotiating change : the new politics of the Middle East / Jeremy Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of modern Middle East studies ; 58.Publication details: London : I.B. Tauris, 2007.Description: 282 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781845112691 (hbk.)
  • 1845112695 (hbk.)
  • 1845112709 (pbk.)
  • 9781845112707 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.956 22
LOC classification:
  • DS63.1 .J66 2007
Other classification:
  • 89.30
  • 89.53
Online resources:
Contents:
Egypt: Mosque and state --- Iran: innovation impeded --- Palestine: democracy under occupation --- Syria and Lebanon: party problems --- Jordan and Morocco: the authority of the legitimate king --- Oman: tradition and change --- Dubai: the airport state --- Turkey: Islamists in power --- Iraq: democracy under occupation, revisited.
Summary: The Middle East is frequently portrayed as a collection of stubbornly authoritarian states, whose behaviour can only be changed by the table-thumping or even the military intervention of the US government. But as Jeremy Jones uncovers in this fascinating book, the region is in fact engaged in a profound and tumultuous process of political change. The movements seeking democracy and reform that have emerged are rooted in local cultures and political traditions. And because of this, they are overlooked, obstructed, or even undermined by the US's pursuit of a one-size-fits-all Western democratic model. -- Publisher description.
Item type: BOOK
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Egypt: Mosque and state --- Iran: innovation impeded --- Palestine: democracy under occupation --- Syria and Lebanon: party problems --- Jordan and Morocco: the authority of the legitimate king --- Oman: tradition and change --- Dubai: the airport state --- Turkey: Islamists in power --- Iraq: democracy under occupation, revisited.

The Middle East is frequently portrayed as a collection of stubbornly authoritarian states, whose behaviour can only be changed by the table-thumping or even the military intervention of the US government. But as Jeremy Jones uncovers in this fascinating book, the region is in fact engaged in a profound and tumultuous process of political change. The movements seeking democracy and reform that have emerged are rooted in local cultures and political traditions. And because of this, they are overlooked, obstructed, or even undermined by the US's pursuit of a one-size-fits-all Western democratic model. -- Publisher description.