Democracy without democrats? : the renewal of politics in the Muslim world / edited by Ghassan Salamâe.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-327) and index.

Democracy without democrats?: the potential for political liberalism in the Middle East / John Waterbury -- Democratization in the Arab world: uncertainty, vulnerability and legitimacy. A tentative conceptualization and some hypotheses / Jean Leca -- Small is pluralistic: democracy as an instrument of civil peace / Ghassan Salamâe -- Populism contra democracy: recent democratist discourse in the Arab world / Aziz Al-Azmeh -- The oil rent, the fiscal crisis of the state and democratization / Giacomo Luciani -- Demographic explosion or social upheaval? / Philippe Fargues -- Socio-economic change and political mobilization: the case of Egypt / Roger Owen -- The integration of the integrists: a comparative study of Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia / Gudrun Krèamer -- Socio-economic change and political implications: the Maghreb / Abdelbaki Hermassi -- The private sector, economic liberalization, and the prospects of democratization: the case of Syria and some other Arab countries / Volker Perthes -- Patronage and solidarity groups: survival or reformation? / Olivier Roy -- Republican trajectories in Iran and Turkey: a Tocquevillian reading / Jean-Franًcois Bayart.