Debating Arab authoritarianism :  dynamics and durability in nondemocratic regimes / 
edited by Oliver Schlumberger. 
 - Stanford, Calif. :  Stanford University Press,  (c)2007. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Arab authoritarianism : debating the dynamics and durability of nondemocratic regimes /  State-society relations and opposition --  Social pacts and the persistence of authoritarianism in the Middle East /  The management of opposition: formal structures of contestation and informal manipulation in Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco /  Authoritarian opposition and the politics of challenge in Egypt /  Islamist inclusion and regime persistence : the Moroccan win-win situation /  The regimes --  The ozymandias syndrome : questioning the stability of Middle Eastern regimes /  Intraregime dynamics, uncertainty, and the persistence of authoritarianism in the contemporary Arab world /  The privatization of social services as a regime strategy : the revival of Islamic endowments (Awqaf) in Egypt /  State-building, liberalization from above, and political legitimacy in the Sultanate of Oman /  The economy and the polity --  Linking economic and political reform in the Middle East: the role of the bourgeoisie /  The political economy of regime maintenance in Egypt : linking external resources and domestic legitimation /  From political to economic actors : the changing role of Middle Eastern armies /  The international arena --  International dimensions of Middle Eastern authoritarianism : the G8 and external efforts at political reform /  Democracy promotion and the renewal of authoritarian rule /  The longevity of the House of Saud : looking outside the box /  Oliver Schlumberger --  Steven Heydemann --  Ellen Lust-Okar --  Holger Albrecht --  Eva Wegner --  Peter Sluglett --  Fred H. Lawson --  Daniela Pioppi --  Marc Valeri --  Giacomo Luciani --  Thomas Richter --  Philippe Droz-Vincent --  Mustapha K. Sayyid --  Eberhard Kienle --  Paul Aarts. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804779616 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authoritarianism--Arab countries.<br/>Authoritarianism--Middle East.<br/>Democratization--Arab countries.<br/>Democratization--Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ1850  / .D433 2007