More freedom, less terror? : liberalization and political violence in the Arab world /

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In the wake of September 11 through the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a key tenet of U.S. foreign policy has been that promoting democracy in the Arab world is an important strategy in reducing terrorism; at the same time, some policymakers and analysts have held that democracy has nothing to do with terro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Kaye, Dalia Dassa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., ©2008.
©2008
Subjects:
Democratization > Arab countries > Case studies.
Political violence > Arab countries > Case studies.
Terrorism > Arab countries.
Démocratisation > États arabes > Études de cas.
Violence politique > États arabes > Études de cas.
Terrorisme > États arabes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Terrorism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Democratization
Politics and government
Political violence
Terrorism
Arab countries > Politics and government.
États arabes > Politique et gouvernement.
Arab countries
Middle East > regional politics.
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Figures
  • Table
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • "Democracy" and terrorism in the Arab world: a framework for analysis
  • Introduction
  • Democracy in the Middle East: "liberalized autocracies" or genuine democratization?
  • Understanding terrorism
  • The democracy-terrorism debate
  • Post 9/11 "draining the swamp" logic
  • The democracy backlash
  • Democracy-terrorism hypotheses
  • Empirical application to the Arab world: case selection and methods
  • Egypt
  • Introduction
  • Liberalization in the Mubarak era
  • Trends in violent activity
  • Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism
  • Assessing effects
  • Repression and destabilization
  • Conclusion
  • Jordan
  • Liberalization trends
  • Trends in violent activity
  • Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism
  • Assessing effects
  • Normative effects
  • Institutional effects
  • Legitimacy
  • Conclusion
  • Bahrain
  • Introduction
  • Liberalization trends
  • Trends in violent activity
  • Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism
  • Assessing effects
  • Perceptions of regime legitimacy
  • Norms of tolerance and pluralism
  • Institutional logic
  • Conclusions and implications
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Introduction
  • Liberalization trends
  • Trends in violent activity
  • Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism
  • Assessing effects
  • Regime legitimacy
  • Normative and institutional effects: the municipal council elections
  • Conclusion
  • Algeria
  • Trends in liberalization
  • Trends in violent activity
  • Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism
  • Assessing effects
  • Institutional effects
  • Normative effects
  • The effects of state actions on perceptions of regime legitimacy
  • Summary and implications
  • Morocco
  • Introduction
  • Trends in liberalization
  • Trends in violent activity
  • Comparing levels of freedom and terrorism
  • Assessing effects
  • Institutional effects
  • Normative effects
  • Legitimacy
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Liberalization in the Arab world can both contain and exacerbate political violence
  • Policy implications: a return to realism or realistic democracy promotion?
  • Policy recommendations
  • Bibliography.

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