Islam and Democracy in the Middle East

Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, is codirector, with Marc Plattner, of the International Forum for Democratic Studies. He is also coeditor, with Marc Plattner, of the Journal of Democracy and of other collections of essays available from Johns Hopkins, including The Global Resurgence of Democracy, Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies, and The Global Divergence of Democracies.Daniel Brumberg is associate professor of government at Georgetown University.

• Contents: PART I: Democratization in the Arab World Mohamed Talbi, A Record of Failure Emmanuel Sivan, Illusions of Change Laith Kubba, The Awakening of Civil Society Daniel Brumberg, The Trap of Liberalized Autocracy Jason Brownlee, The Decline of Pluralism in Mubarak's Egypt William Quandt, Algeria's Uneasy Peace Abdeslam Maghraoui, Depoliticization in Morocco Jean-Francois Seznec, Stirrings in Saudi Arabia Michael Herb, Emirs and Parliaments in the Gulf Jillian Schwedler, Yemen's Aborted Opening Russell Lucas, Deliberalization in JordanPART II: Iran and Turkey Shaul Bakhash, Iran's Remarkable Election Haleh Esfandiari, Is Iran Democratizing? Observations on Election Day Ladan Boroumand, Is Iran Democratizing? Reform at an Impasse Daniel Brumberg, Is Iran Democratizing? A Comparativist's Perspective Ramin Jahanbegloo, The Deadlock in Iran: Pressures from Below Mehrangiz Kar, The Deadlock in Iran: Constitutional Constraints Soli Ozel, Turkey at the Polls: A Historic Opportunity Ziya Onis & Fuat Keyman, Turkey at the Polls: A New Path EmergesPART III: Islam and Democracy Abdou Filali-Ansary, Muslims and Democracy Bernard Lewis, A Historical Overview Robin Wright, Two Visions of Reformation Abdou Filali-Ansary, The Challenge of Secularization Abdou Filali-Ansary, The Sources of Enlightened Muslim Thought Abdelwahab El-Affendi, The Elusive Reformation Radwan Masmoudi, The Silenced Majority Laith Kubba, Faith and Modernity Daniel Brumberg, Islamists and the Politics of Consensus Vickie Langohr, An Exit from Arab Autocracy Ladan & Roya Boroumand, Terror, Islam and Democracy

The more authentic Muslim modernists are those who have already taken a step across the historical threshold toward an enlightened skepticism of the whole Islamic tradition. There are many Muslim intellectuals who have done this, some of them contributors to the collection Islam and Democracy in the Middle East. -- Max Rodenbeck New York Review of Books 2004 A rich lode of empirical examples and sober working hypotheses about democratic prospects. Foreign Affairs 2004 Unlike many other contemporary books on the subject, it tries to distinguish between the issues of politicization of Islam and Islamization of political affairs, differentiating between 'political Islam' and 'liberal Islam.' Choice 2004 A comprehensive assessment of the origins and staying power of Middle East autocracies, as well as a sober account of the struggles of state reformers and opposition forces to promote civil liberties, competitive elections, and a pluralistic vision of Islam. Middle East Journal 2005