Political Parties in the Arab World: Continuity and Change

ISBN-13: 9781474424073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 368 str.

Francesco Cavatorta; Lise Storm

Opis

The Middle East is a region notorious for political systems traditionally built around absolutist monarchs and military-dependent presidents. What is the role of political parties in such a context? How do they support or undermine such authoritarian forms of rule? What part have they played in the survival and transformation of political systems after the Arab uprisings? What are the policy preferences of party elites and how do they connect with citizens' expectations? How do parties challenge and reflect the main social cleavages? Finally, what is the genuine significance of parties and party politics in a region struggling for some sort of democratic future? This volume attempts to answer these questions through a thorough theoretical and empirical examination and analysis of the most important aspects and traits of political parties and party politics in the Arab world, exploring cases from across the region.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Do Arabs not do parties? An exploration and introduction, Lise Storm and Francesco Cavatorta; Part 1: Party families; 2. Leftist parties in the Arab region before and after the Arab uprisings: unrequited love?, Valeria Resta; 3. What are secular parties in the Arab world? Insights from Tunisia’s Nidaa Tounes and Morocco’s PAM, Anne Wolf; 4. The institutionalisation of Islamist political parties after the uprisings, Anass El Kyak; 5. Do Salafi parties represent a contradiction in terms? The development and fragmentation of Kuwait Salafi Islamic Group, Zoltan Pall; Part 2: International constraints; 6. Shi’ism, national belonging and political Islam: the Hezbollah and the Islamic resistance in Lebanon, Aurélie Daher; 7. Party politics in the Palestinian Territories, Manal Jamal; 8. Sectarian friction and the struggle for power: party politics in Iraq post 2003, Sophie A. Edwards; 9. Post-Qadhafi Libya: rejecting a political party system, Amir Kamel; Part 3: Societal constituents; 10. Tribes and political parties in the contemporary Arab world: a reassessment of Yemen, Larissa Alles; 11. In the shadows of legality: proto-parties and participatory politics in the Emirate of Kuwait, Hendrik Kraetzschmar; 12. Transformations in the political party system in Mauritania: the case of the Union for the Republic, Raquel Ojeda-García; 13. Women’s political inclusion and prospects for democracy in North Africa, Loes Debuysere; 14. Why did the Egyptian and Tunisian youth activists fail to build competitive political parties?, Mohammed Yaghi; Conclusion and perspectives; 15. Arab parties in context: lessons learned, Francesco Cavatorta and Lise Storm; List of contributors; Index.