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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > democracy and democratization > democracy: middle east perspectives
social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > case and area studies (political science) > democracy: middle east perspectives

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democracy: middle east perspectives  

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  • Notwithstanding the political change that has taken place to varying degrees during the past 2 decades in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), an extensive region comprising the 22 members of the Arab League as well as Israel, Iran, and Turkey, Middle East scholars concur in the assessment that, with few exceptions proving the rule, MENA is still a democratic wasteland. Although most of the region's regimes run some sort of representative body or have a formally democratic political system, this statement holds true even when applying a minimalist Schumpeterian definition of democracy focusing on the legitimization of governance through regular free and fair elections. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Democracy: Middle East Perspectives]

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