Despite its oil wealth, the Middle East and North Africa is economically stagnating. In this book leading Middle East scholar Robert Springborg discusses the economic future of this region by examining the national and regional political causes of its contemporary underperformance--
The Resurgence of Democratic Institutions
Abdo I Baaklini, Guilain Denoeux, Robert Springborg. Legislative Politics in the Arab The Resurgence of Democratic Institutions. Boulder, Lynne Rienner Pub., 1999. ix, 278 p.; 23 cm. Part 1. Arab a framework for analysis. The neglect and rediscovery of Arab parliaments; Negotiated transitions to democracy in the Arab world; The functions of Arab parliaments and their role in democratic transitions; Arab a typology -- Part 2. Case studies. Lebanon; Morocco; Jordan; Kuwait; Yemen; Egypt -- Part 3. Conclusion. Legislatures and democratic lessons for the twenty-first century. [Legislative bodies -- Arab countries. / Democracy -- Arab countries. / Democratization -- Arab countries.]