Democratization and the Islamist Challenge in the Arab World
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One Charting Democracy in the Arab World -- 1 Studying Democratization in the Arab World -- Defining Democracy, Arab, and Islamist -- Beyond Cultural and Economic Explanations -- Deciding Who the People Are -- Notes -- 2 Identity and Democracy: A History -- The Rise and Decline of the Arabo-Islamic Nation -- The Legacy of Colonialism -- Local Nationalisms and Experiences of Representative Governments -- The Authoritarian State and Pan-Arabism -- Notes -- Part Two Democratization and Islamic Resurgence -- 3 Islamists and Democracy: The Intersection -- Democratization Measures Since the Mid-1980s -- Islamist Advances -- Notes -- 4 The Islamist Challenge -- Who Are the Islamists? -- The Islamic Resurgence -- Islamist Agendas -- Islamist Positions Toward Democracy -- Notes -- Part Three The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion: Two Case Studies -- 5 Egypt: Coercion and Containment -- Democratic Development in Egypt, 1970-1990 -- The Islamist Challenge in Egypt -- The Democratization Stalemate in the 1990s -- Limits and Prospects -- Notes -- 6 Jordan: A Case of Inclusion -- Historical Background -- The Democratic Experiment Since 1989 -- Limits and Prospects -- Notes -- Part Four Conclusions -- 7 Conclusions and Prospects -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Book and Author -- Index.
