Political parties in the Arab world :

Political parties in the Arab world : continuity and change / edited by Franceso Cavatorta and Lise Storm. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c.2018. - xii, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Title page contains misspelling of Francesco Cavatorta's first name as "Franceso."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

This book provides 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.




Political parties--Arab countries.


Arab countries--Politics and government.



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