Legislative Politics in the Arab World: The Resurgence of Democratic Institutions.(Review) (book review)

Legislative Politics in the Arab World: The Resurgence of Democratic Institutions. By Abdo Baaklimi, Guilain Denoeux, and Robert Springborg. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1999. 278p. $59.95 cloth, $22.50 paper.

Amid the growing literature on the prospects and preconditions for democracy in the Middle East, this is a welcome addition that adds considerably to our knowledge of the institutional dynamics at work in the transition to democratic rule in the Arab world. The authors correctly maintain that the literature on political liberalization in the Middle East has largely ignored ...