Table of Contents

A rough journey - nascent democratization in the Middle East, Albrecht Schnabel; Democratic peace, conflict prevention, and the United Nations; Democratization and peacebuilding, Albrecht Schnabel; Toward a democratic peace in the Middle East, Etel Solingen; The United Nations and the Middle East, Amin Saikal; Secularization and democracy; Disenchanted worlds - secularization and democratization in the Middle East, Majid Tehranian; The influence of Islam on attitudes toward democracy in Morocco and Algeria, Mark Tessler; National and regional experiences; The democratic process in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, Kamel S. Abu Jaber; "Democratic peace" and the Jewish political tradition, Gerald M. Steinberg; Democracy and peace in Iran and Iraq, Amin Saikal; State power and democratization in North Africa - developments in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, Tom Pierre Najem.

About the Author

Amin Saikal is professor of political science and director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra. Albrecht Schnabel is a senior research fellow at swisspeace& #151;Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern, Switzerland.