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Analyses political parties and party politics in the contemporary Arab worldThe 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 book 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.Key FeaturesSets out an innovative research agenda on a under-studied topicProvides a comparative perspective on political parties across the regionAnalyses the ways in which political parties in the Arab world matter and develop Offers a more systematic understanding of the functioning of Arab regimes by incorporating the role political parties play in themIncludes case studies of Iraq, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon and PalestineContributorsLarissa Alles, University of St. Andrews Aurelie Daher, Universite Paris-Dauphine Loes Debuysere, Ghent UniversitySophie A Edwards, Independent ResearcherAnass El Kyak, Universite LavalManal A. Jamal, James Madison University Amir Magdy Kamel, King's College London
Contents
AcknowledgementsForeword: Do Arabs not do parties? An exploration and introduction; Lise Storm and Francesco Cavatorta
Part 1: Party familiesLeftist parties in the Arab region before and after the Arab uprisings: unrequited love?; Valeria RestaWhat are secular parties in the Arab world? Insights from Tunisia's Nidaa Tounes and Morocco's PAM; Anne WolfThe institutionalisation of Islamist political parties after the uprisings; Anass El KyakDo Salafi parties represent a contradiction in terms? The development and fragmentation of Kuwait Salafi Islamic Group; Zoltan Pall
Part 2: International constraintsShi'ism, national belonging and political Islam: the Hezbollah and the Islamic resistance in Lebanon; Aurélie DaherParty politics in the Palestinian Territories; Manal JamalSectarian friction and the struggle for power: party politics in Iraq post 2003; Sophie A. EdwardsPost-Qadhafi Libya: rejecting a political party system; Amir Kamel
Part 3: Societal constituentsTribes and political parties in the contemporary Arab world: a reassessment of Yemen; Larissa AllesIn the shadows of legality: proto-parties and participatory politics in the Emirate of Kuwait; Hendrik KraetzschmarTransformations in the political party system in Mauritania: the case of the Union for the Republic; Raquel Ojeda-GarcíaWomen's political inclusion and prospects for democracy in North Africa; Loes DebuysereWhy did the Egyptian and Tunisian youth activists fail to build competitive political parties?; Mohammed Yaghi
Conclusion and perspectivesArab parties in context: lessons learned; Francesco Cavatorta and Lise Storm
List of contributorsIndex
