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  • Structuring conflict in the Arab world :incumbents, opponents, and institutions /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 320.917/4927
    Title/Author: Structuring conflict in the Arab world : : incumbents, opponents, and institutions // Ellen Lust-Okar.
    Author: Lust-Okar, Ellen,
    Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 279 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
    Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
    Subject: Opposition (Political science) - Case studies. - Arab countries
    Subject: Elite (Social sciences) - Case studies. - Arab countries
    Subject: Political participation - Case studies. - Arab countries
    Subject: Arab countries - Economic conditions.
    Subject: Egypt - Politics and government - 1882-1952.
    Subject: Jordan - Politics and government - 1952-1999.
    Subject: Morocco - Intellectual life - 21st century.
    ISBN: 9780511491009 (ebook)
    [NT 15000228]: The manipulation of political opposition -- Structures of contestation -- Dynamics of opposition in unified SoCs -- Opposition dynamics in divided SoCs -- Formal SoCs and informal political manipulation.
    [NT 15000229]: This book examines how ruling elites manage and manipulate their political opposition in the Middle East. In contrast to discussions of government-opposition relations that focus on how rulers either punish or co-opt opponents, this book focuses on the effect of institutional rules governing the opposition. It argues rules determining who is and is not allowed to participate in the formal political arena affect not only the relationships between opponents and the state, but also between various opposition groups. This affects the dynamics of opposition during prolonged economic crises. It also shapes the informal strategies that ruling elites use toward opponents. The argument is presented using a formal model of government-opposition relations. It is demonstrated in the cases of Egypt under Presidents Nasir, Sadat and Mubarek; Jordan under King Husayn; and Morocco under King Hasan II.
    Online resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511491009
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