Authoritarianism in the Middle East : regimes and resistance / edited by Marsha Pripstein Posusney, Michele Penner Angrist.

Incluye bibliografía.

_ The Middle East´s democracy deficit in comparative perspective / Marsha Pripstein Posusney -- pt. 1. The reins of power. Coercive institutions and coercive leaders / Eva Bellin -- Political crisis and restabilization : Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Tunisia / Jason Brownlee -- Contestation without democracy : elite fragmentation in Iran / Arang Keshavarzian -- pt. 2. Challenges to authoritarian rule. Multiparty elections in the Arab world : election rules and opposition responses / Marsha Pripstein Posusney -- Party systems and regime formation : Turkish exceptionalism in comparative perspective / Michele Penner Angrist -- Opposition and economic crises in Jordan and Morocco / Ellen Lust-Okar -- Princes, parliaments, and the prospects for democracy in the Gulf / Michael Herb -- Too much civil society, too little politics? Egypt and other liberalizing Arab regimes / Vickie Langohr -- pt. 3. Conclusion. The outlook for authoritarians / Michele Penner Angrist.