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Arguing Islam after the Rebirth of Arab Politics analyzes the politics of religion in the Arab world after the emergence of new public spheres over the past few decades. The book examines those spheres as they really are, not measuring them against any ideal of democratic deliberation, and show how they are lively and increasingly participatory but also polarizing, divisive, and far from egalitarian. And while they have grown in force, they are not efficacious, leading to a widening gap between regimes and the societies they govern. Focusing on arguments aired in new and old media, neighborhood discussions, and parliaments, Arguing Islam After the Revival of Arab Politics probes in special depth debates over constitution, family law, and education. It shows how these various places where arguments take place are increasingly linked, forming not a uniformed citizenry but instead a badly divided one in which a leader's words to followers are overheard and then lampooned by opponents and various groups become aware of how deeply they differ. Arguments are detached from the authority of the person making them. Without a strong political process to forge agreement and reward coalition building, the reborn Arab politics is exciting and vital but also noisy and rough

Intro -- Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World: Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One: The Purposes of Arab Constitutions -- Introduction: Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World -- 1. Early Constitutional Documents in the Middle East -- 2. Constitutions and Arab Monarchies -- 3. Republican Constitutions -- Conclusion: The Purposes of Arab Constitutions -- Part Two: Constitutional Possibilities in the Arab World -- Introduction: Constitutions and Constitutionalism -- 4. Parliamentarism and Constitutional Possibilities in the Arab World -- 5. Judicial Review in Arab Constitutional Systems -- 6. Islamic Constitutionalism -- Conclusion: Lessons from the Arab Constitutional Experience -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z

Partially political movements in semiauthoritarian systems -- Running to lose? : elections, authoritarianism, and Islamist movements -- Beyond analogy mongering : ideological movements and the debate over the primacy of politics -- The model and the mother movement -- The model in practice in four semiauthoritarian settings -- Can Islamists party? : political participation and organizational change -- Ideological change : flirtation and commitment -- Arab politics and societies as they might be -- Islamist parties and Arab political systems as they are