Democratization and Development New Political Strategies for the Middle East

Investigating the political economy of development and democracy in the Middle East, this book provides new insight into the effects of external initiatives for the support of good governance in Arab states, the impact of transnational Islamist networks on democratization in the Middle East, and the role of new satellite broadcasting in the Arab world.

Dietrich Jung is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department for Development Research of the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen.

War-Making and State-Making in the Middle East--Dietrich Jung * PART I: Transnational and International Contexts * Dancing With Wolves: Dilemmas of Democracy Promotion in Authoritarian Contexts--Oliver Schlumberger * Who Is Afraid of Transnationalism? Arabism, Islamism, and the Prospects of Democratization in the Arab East--Thomas Scheffler * Democratization and the New Arab Media--Jakob Skovgaard Petersen * PART II: Case Studies * The Political Economy of Islam and Democracy in Turkey: From the Welfare Party to the AKP--Ziya Önis * Democratization Reforms as a Means of Stabilizing Authoritarian Rule in Contemporary Egypt--Maye Kassem * State and Market in Syria: Politics of Economic Liberalization?--Søren Schmidt * Conclusions * Democratizing the Middle East: A Means of Ensuring International Security or an End in Itself?--Dietrich Jung

War-Making and State-Making in the Middle East--Dietrich Jung * PART I: Transnational and International Contexts * Dancing With Wolves: Dilemmas of Democracy Promotion in Authoritarian Contexts--Oliver Schlumberger * Who Is Afraid of Transnationalism? Arabism, Islamism, and the Prospects of Democratization in the Arab East--Thomas Scheffler * Democratization and the New Arab Media--Jakob Skovgaard Petersen * PART II: Case Studies * The Political Economy of Islam and Democracy in Turkey: From the Welfare Party to the AKP--Ziya Önis * Democratization Reforms as a Means of Stabilizing Authoritarian Rule in Contemporary Egypt--Maye Kassem * State and Market in Syria: Politics of Economic Liberalization?--Søren Schmidt * Conclusions * Democratizing the Middle East: A Means of Ensuring International Security or an End in Itself?--Dietrich Jung