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Of Empires and Citizens : Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All? / Amaney A. Jamal.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Core TextbookDescription: 1 online resource (296 p.) : 12 line illus. 17 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691149653
  • 9781400845477
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.9174927 23
LOC classification:
  • JQ1850.A91 J348 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Becoming Jordan and Kuwait -- CHAPTER THREE. Islamist Momentum in the Arab World -- CHAPTER FOUR. Engaging the Regime through the Lens of the United States -- CHAPTER FIVE. Support for Democracy and Authoritarianism -- CHAPTER SIX. Morocco -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Palestine and Saudi Arabia and the Limits of Democracy -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Influence of International Context on Domestic- Level Models of Regime Transition and Democratic Consolidation -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In the post-Cold War era, why has democratization been slow to arrive in the Arab world? This book argues that to understand support for the authoritarian status quo in parts of this region--and the willingness of its citizens to compromise on core democratic principles--one must factor in how a strong U.S. presence and popular anti-Americanism weakens democratic voices. Examining such countries as Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, Amaney Jamal explores how Arab citizens decide whether to back existing regimes, regime transitions, and democratization projects, and how the global position of Arab states shapes people's attitudes toward their governments. While the Cold War's end reduced superpower hegemony in much of the developing world, the Arab region witnessed an increased security and economic dependence on the United States. As a result, the preferences of the United States matter greatly to middle-class Arab citizens, not just the elite, and citizens will restrain their pursuit of democratization, rationalizing their backing for the status quo because of U.S. geostrategic priorities. Demonstrating how the preferences of an international patron serve as a constraint or an opportunity to push for democracy, Jamal questions bottom-up approaches to democratization, which assume that states are autonomous units in the world order. Jamal contends that even now, with the overthrow of some autocratic Arab regimes, the future course of Arab democratization will be influenced by the perception of American reactions. Concurrently, the United States must address the troubling sources of the region's rising anti-Americanism.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Becoming Jordan and Kuwait -- CHAPTER THREE. Islamist Momentum in the Arab World -- CHAPTER FOUR. Engaging the Regime through the Lens of the United States -- CHAPTER FIVE. Support for Democracy and Authoritarianism -- CHAPTER SIX. Morocco -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Palestine and Saudi Arabia and the Limits of Democracy -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Influence of International Context on Domestic- Level Models of Regime Transition and Democratic Consolidation -- Bibliography -- Index

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In the post-Cold War era, why has democratization been slow to arrive in the Arab world? This book argues that to understand support for the authoritarian status quo in parts of this region--and the willingness of its citizens to compromise on core democratic principles--one must factor in how a strong U.S. presence and popular anti-Americanism weakens democratic voices. Examining such countries as Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, Amaney Jamal explores how Arab citizens decide whether to back existing regimes, regime transitions, and democratization projects, and how the global position of Arab states shapes people's attitudes toward their governments. While the Cold War's end reduced superpower hegemony in much of the developing world, the Arab region witnessed an increased security and economic dependence on the United States. As a result, the preferences of the United States matter greatly to middle-class Arab citizens, not just the elite, and citizens will restrain their pursuit of democratization, rationalizing their backing for the status quo because of U.S. geostrategic priorities. Demonstrating how the preferences of an international patron serve as a constraint or an opportunity to push for democracy, Jamal questions bottom-up approaches to democratization, which assume that states are autonomous units in the world order. Jamal contends that even now, with the overthrow of some autocratic Arab regimes, the future course of Arab democratization will be influenced by the perception of American reactions. Concurrently, the United States must address the troubling sources of the region's rising anti-Americanism.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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