Yemen's democracy experiment in regional perspective : patronage and pluralized authoritarianism / Sarah Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Sarah, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Yemen (Republic).

Democracy.

Opposition (Political science).

Islam and politics.

Yemen (Republic).

Yemen (Republic)--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Islam and politics--Yemen (Republic).

Opposition (Political science)--Yemen (Republic).

Physical Description:

vi, 241 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Shortly after the Gulf War of 1990-91, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh met with the Iraqi Vice President and his envoy. President Saleh recommended that the smartest thing for President Saddam Hussein to do to recover from the damage to himself caused by the war was to democratize Iraq. President Saleh came to power thirteen years before offering this advice, presided over the creation of a new constitution that declared Yemen a democracy that same year, and fifteen years later was elected to rule for a further seven years. This study examines the nature of changes to Yemen's power structures, political dynamics, and institutions since the intention to democratize was announced in 1990.

Contents:

Introduction : Yemen's experiment with democracy

Resilience and reform in the Arab Middle East

A brief history of the Republic of Yemen : electoral politics, war, and political retraction

Government institutions

Tribalism in a weak state

Nonstate actors and political reform : civil society, activists, and political parties

Political Islamists and the Islah Party

Conclusion : coercion, managed pluralism, and legitimacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-233) and index.

ISBN:

0230609007

9780230609006

OCLC:

221664591

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