ABSTRACT
This Handbook analyzes elections in the Middle East and North Africa and seeks to overcome normative assumptions about the linkage between democracy and elections.
Structured around five main themes, contributors provide chapters detailing how their case studies illustrate specific themes within individual country settings. Authors disentangle the various aspects informing elections as a process in the Middle East by taking into account the different contexts where the electoral contest occurs and placing these into a broader comparative context. The findings from this Handbook connect with global electoral developments, empirically demonstrating that there is very little that is “exceptional” about the Middle East and North Africa when it comes to electoral contests.
Routledge Handbook on Elections in the Middle East and North Africa is the first book to examine all aspects related to elections in the Middle East and North Africa. Through such comprehensive coverage and systematic analysis, it will be a key resource for students and scholars interested in politics, elections, and democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|84 pages
Elections in authoritarian settings
chapter 2|13 pages
The functions of authoritarian elections
chapter 7|17 pages
“Only me”
part 2|78 pages
Elections in democratic and quasi-democratic settings
chapter 8|12 pages
Israel's electoral system and political instability
part 3|62 pages
Rules, institutions, and the infrastructure of elections
chapter 14|12 pages
The management of elections in Tunisia
chapter 18|13 pages
Gender quotas, constituency service, and women's empowerment
part 4|118 pages
Elections and campaigning
chapter 21|14 pages
Electoral campaigns in post–Ben Ali's Tunisia
chapter 22|15 pages
Digital strategies of Tunisian political parties
chapter 25|13 pages
Polarisation and elections under competitive authoritarianism
chapter 26|11 pages
From ballots to bullets
part 5|76 pages
Voting behaviour
