Title Information
Title
The Middle East's Democracy Gap: Causes and Consequences
Name: Personal
Name Part
Springborg, Robert
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
author
Type of Resource
text
Genre (aat)
articles
Origin Information
Date Created (encoding="w3cdtf", keyDate="yes")
2007
Language (usage="primary")
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Physical Description
digitalOrigin
born digital
Extent
pp. 233-245
Related Item: Host
Title Information
Title
Brown Journal of World Affairs
Identifier: ISSN
1080-0786
Part
Part Detail: volume
Part Number
13
Part Caption
no.
Part Detail: issue
Part Number
2
Part Caption
no.
Extent (unit="page")
Start
233
End
245
Abstract (lang="eng")
The article discusses the causes and consequences of the democratic gap in the Middle East. According to the author, despite promises of reform by most Arab leaders, expenditures on Arab democratization projects by bilateral and multilateral donors and an assertive Arab media, authoritarian governments continue. He mentions that powerful executives politically marginalize the other branches of government, making them unable of performing even their restricted constitutional and legal roles.
Identifier: DOI
10.26300/w1b1-rw38