Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Foreword VIII
4. Preface XI
5. Introduction: Civil Society and the Study of Middle East Politics 1
6. 1 The Future of Civil Society in the Middle East 33
7. 2 Modern Islamic Fundamentalist Discourses on Civil Society, Pluralism, and Democracy 35
8. 3 Democratization in the Arab World 37
9. 4 Economic Pressures for Accountable Governance in the Middle East and North Africa 39
10. 5 Civil Society and the Authoritarian Temptation in Algerian Politics 42
11. 6 Algeria's Short-Lived Experiment with Electoral Politics 44
12. 7 A Civil Society in Egypt? 46
13. 8 Civil Society and Iranian Politics 48
14. 9 Civil Society Under the Ba'th in Iraq 50
15. 10 Two Civil Societies and One State: Jews and Arabs in the State of Israel 53
16. 11 "In the Beginning Was the State..." Civil Society in Jordan 55
17. 12 Civil Society in Jordan: A Preliminary Study 57
18. 13 Civil Society in Kuwait 59
19. 14 Civil Society in the Arab Gulf States 61
20. 15 Civil Society Against the War System: The Lebanese Case 63
21. 16 Palestinian Civil Society 65
22. 17 Civil Society in the Gaza Strip 67
23. 18 Early Elections in the West Bank and Gaza 69
24. 19 The Destruction of Civil Society in the Sudan 71
25. 20 State, Civil Society, and Political Change in Syria 73
26. 21 Civil Society in Formation: Tunisia 75
27. 22 Notes on Civil Society in Tunisia 77
28. 23 Civil Society in Turkey 79
29. 24 Authoritarian Secularism and Islamic Participation: The Case of Turkey 81
30. 25 Yemen Between Civility and Civil War 83
31. Conclusion: Civil Society and Political Reform in the Middle East 85
32. Bibliography 89
33. About the Contributors 122
34. About the Book 124