Francesco Cavatorta is professor of political science and director of the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur l’Afrique et le Moyen Orient (CIRAM) at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. His research focuses on the dynamics of authoritarianism and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa. His current research projects deal with party politics and the role of political parties in the region. He has published several journal articles and books. Lise Storm is Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter. She is author of Party Politics and Prospects for Democracy in North Africa (2013) and Democratisation in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State (2007).

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• AcknowledgementsForeword: Do Arabs not do parties? An exploration and introduction; Lise Storm and Francesco CavatortaPart 1: Party familiesLeftist parties in the Arab region before and after the Arab uprisings: unrequited love?; Valeria RestaWhat are secular parties in the Arab world? Insights from Tunisia’s Nidaa Tounes and Morocco’s PAM; Anne WolfThe institutionalisation of Islamist political parties after the uprisings; Anass El KyakDo Salafi parties represent a contradiction in terms? The development and fragmentation of Kuwait Salafi Islamic Group; Zoltan PallPart 2: International constraintsShi’ism, national belonging and political Islam: the Hezbollah and the Islamic resistance in Lebanon; Aurélie DaherParty politics in the Palestinian Territories; Manal JamalSectarian friction and the struggle for power: party politics in Iraq post 2003; Sophie A. EdwardsPost-Qadhafi Libya: rejecting a political party system; Amir KamelPart 3: Societal constituentsTribes and political parties in the contemporary Arab world: a reassessment of Yemen; Larissa AllesIn the shadows of legality: proto-parties and participatory politics in the Emirate of Kuwait; Hendrik KraetzschmarTransformations in the political party system in Mauritania: the case of the Union for the Republic; Raquel Ojeda-GarcíaWomen’s political inclusion and prospects for democracy in North Africa; Loes DebuysereWhy did the Egyptian and Tunisian youth activists fail to build competitive political parties?; Mohammed YaghiConclusion and perspectivesArab parties in context: lessons learned; Francesco Cavatorta and Lise StormList of contributorsIndex

Francesco Cavatorta is professor of political science and director of the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur l’Afrique et le Moyen Orient (CIRAM) at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. His research focuses on the dynamics of authoritarianism and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa. His current research projects deal with party politics and the role of political parties in the region. He has published several journal articles and books. Lise Storm is Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter. She is author of Party Politics and Prospects for Democracy in North Africa (2013) and Democratisation in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State (2007).

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• AcknowledgementsForeword: Do Arabs not do parties? An exploration and introduction; Lise Storm and Francesco CavatortaPart 1: Party familiesLeftist parties in the Arab region before and after the Arab uprisings: unrequited love?; Valeria RestaWhat are secular parties in the Arab world? Insights from Tunisia’s Nidaa Tounes and Morocco’s PAM; Anne WolfThe institutionalisation of Islamist political parties after the uprisings; Anass El KyakDo Salafi parties represent a contradiction in terms? The development and fragmentation of Kuwait Salafi Islamic Group; Zoltan PallPart 2: International constraintsShi’ism, national belonging and political Islam: the Hezbollah and the Islamic resistance in Lebanon; Aurélie DaherParty politics in the Palestinian Territories; Manal JamalSectarian friction and the struggle for power: party politics in Iraq post 2003; Sophie A. EdwardsPost-Qadhafi Libya: rejecting a political party system; Amir KamelPart 3: Societal constituentsTribes and political parties in the contemporary Arab world: a reassessment of Yemen; Larissa AllesIn the shadows of legality: proto-parties and participatory politics in the Emirate of Kuwait; Hendrik KraetzschmarTransformations in the political party system in Mauritania: the case of the Union for the Republic; Raquel Ojeda-GarcíaWomen’s political inclusion and prospects for democracy in North Africa; Loes DebuysereWhy did the Egyptian and Tunisian youth activists fail to build competitive political parties?; Mohammed YaghiConclusion and perspectivesArab parties in context: lessons learned; Francesco Cavatorta and Lise StormList of contributorsIndex