Democracy, War, and Peace in the Middle East

by Garnham, David; Tessler, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780253209399
• ISBN10: 0253209390
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-05-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

What are the prospects for continued movement toward democracy in the Arab world, and what form is democracy likely to take? What impact will democratization have on war and peace in the Middle East? Arab, Israeli, and American scholars explore these issues through probing conceptual inquries, reports on original data-based research, and well-informed case studies.

Author Biography

DAVID GARNHAM is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee and author of The Politics of European Defense Cooperation: Germany, France, Britain, and America. MARK TESSLER is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and Head of the Department of Near Eastern Studies. He is author of A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

Table of Contents

Note on Transliteration
Introduction
The Future of International War: Global Trends and Middle Eastern Implications	p. 3
Democracy and Deterrence	p. 34
A Search for Security and Governance Regimes	p. 48
Democracy in the Third World: Definitional Dilemmas	p. 65
Arab and Western Conceptions of Democracy: Evidence from a UAE Opinion Survey	p. 82
Islam and Democracy	p. 116
Democracy in the Arab World and the Arab-Israeli Conflict	p. 135
Domestic Political Violence, Structural Constraints, and Enduring Rivalries in the Middle East, 1948-1988	p. 170
Democracy and Foreign Policy in the Arab World	p. 195
Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy in Egypt	p. 223
Democracy among the Palestinians	p. 244
Israel and the Liberalization of Arab Regimes	p. 268
Contributors	p. 287
Index	p. 290
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