Democratisation in the Middle East : dilemmas and perspectives / edited by Birgitte Rahbek.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: dilemmas of democratisation in the Middle East / BIrgitte Rahbek -- The UNDP's Arab Human Development Reports / Nader Fergany -- Prospects for democratisation in the Middle East / Raymond Hinnebusch -- US and European support to democratic reform: the intentions and practices as seen from the Middle East / Yezid Sayigh -- Do Europe and the USA really want democratic reforms in Syria? / Samir Aita -- The crises in the Palestinian National Movement and the struggle for Palestinain democracy / Graham Usher -- Palestinian view on the role of Western NGOs in promoting democracy and especially women's rights in the Middle East / Hanan Rabbani -- The limits of political reform in Saudi Arabia / Mai Yamani -- American and Western political initiatives in the Middle East: challenges of democratisation in the Middle East- case study of Saudi Arabia / Fowziyah Abu-Khalid -- Democratisation in future Iraq / Amal Shlash -- The democratic dilemmas in Iraq / Huda Al-Nu'aimi -- Islamophobia in Europe and its impact on the push for democratisation in the Arab world / Jorgen S. Nielsen.