CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. CONTRIBUTORS xi
5. 1. Arab Authoritarianism 1
6. PART 1. STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS AND POLITICAL OPPOSITION
7. 2. Social Pacts and the Persistence of Authoritarianism in the Middle East 19
8. 3. The Management of Opposition 39
9. 4. Authoritarian Opposition and the Politics of Challenge in Egypt 59
10. 5. Islamist Inclusion and Regime Persistence 75
11. PART 2. THE REGIMES
12. 6. The Ozymandias Syndrome 91
13. 7. Intraregime Dynamics, Uncertainty, and the Persistence of Authoritarianism in the Contemporary Arab World 109
14. 8. Privatization of Social Services as a Regime Strategy 129
15. 9. State Building, Liberalization from Above, and Political Legitimacy in the Sultanate of Oman 143
16. PART 3. THE ECONOMY AND THE POLITY
17. 10. Linking Economic and Political Reform in the Middle East 159
18. 11. The Political Economy of Regime Maintenance in Egypt 177
19. 12. From Political to Economic Actors 195
20. PART 4. THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA
21. 13. International Dimensions of Middle Eastern Authoritarianism 213
22. 14. Democracy Promotion and the Renewal of Authoritarian Rule 231
23. 15. The Longevity of the House of Saud 251
24. NOTES 271
25. Bibliography 297
26. Index 337