Princes and Parliaments in the Arab World

Herb, Michael

doi:10.3751/58.3.12

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“…Although most agree that HBV is "by no means exclusively Muslim" (Payton, 2014(Payton, , p. 2866, scholars have documented how perpetrators and their families may use religion to justify honorrelated violence (Al Gharaibeh, 2016;Kulczycki & Windle, 2011). Others have elucidated the key role of Islamist political movements in resisting legal punishment of HBV (Herb, 2004). And, on the side of religious leaders, Idriss' (2020) study of Muslims in the United Kingdom concluded that some mosques shrink from addressing violence against women, including HBV, because it may threaten their patriarchic control over worshippers (p. 26).…”

Section: Hbv In the Middle Eastmentioning

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Who Supports Honor-Based Violence in the Middle East? Findings From a National Survey of Kuwait

Gengler

Alkazemi

Alsharekh

2018

J Interpers Violence

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This study reports findings from what is, to the authors’ knowledge, the first nationally representative survey of public attitudes toward honor-based violence (HBV) in a Middle East country affected by such violence, and one of very few if any such national surveys undertaken in any context. In a telephone survey of 1,050 adult citizens of the Arab Gulf state of Kuwait, we collect attitudinal and behavioral measures of support for HBV. Facilitated by vignettes, item order randomization, and other survey best practices designed to reduce social desirability bias, the survey measures both support for HBV in principle and support for legislation permitting it. We also assess the correlates of views toward honor-based crimes, including demographic attributes (age, sex, and education), social indicators (economic status, religiosity, and tribal attachment), and political indicators (political interest, engagement, and ideology). These unique data permit investigation into the individual-level predictors of support for HBV among citizens of a country that has experience with HBV and laws that afford reduced punishment for perpetrators of honor killing. Results reveal, first, considerable levels of public support in Kuwait for HBV. Half of citizens report agreement that physical violence is justified as punishment for female adultery, whereas a third of both men and women say they would support a law permitting violence against a female adulterer. The strongest positive predictors of individual support for HBV are tribal attachment, religiosity, and support for political Islam. Surprisingly perhaps, permissive views of HBV are most likely among the youngest generation of Kuwaitis. The findings have important implications for understanding the factors that help explain the existence and persistence of HBV in the Middle East, in Islamic contexts, and elsewhere where it occurs.

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Section: Hbv In the Middle Eastmentioning

confidence: 99%

Who Supports Honor-Based Violence in the Middle East? Findings From a National Survey of Kuwait

Gengler

Alkazemi

Alsharekh

2018

J Interpers Violence

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“…The two countries, Morocco and Thailand before the abortive democratization, while being vastly different on the majority of meaningful parameters, are nevertheless similar in that parliamentary elections have limited impact on the composition of the national executive, and even the legislative capacities of the elected parliaments are reduced. In Morocco, power remains largely concentrated in the hands of the king (Herb, 2004). In Thailand, the influence of the king's court used to be reinforced by its connections with powerful factions of the military (McCargo 2004).…”

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Authoritarian Party Systems: Patterns of Emergence, Sustainability and Survival

Golosov

2013

Comp Sociol

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This article compares competitive authoritarian, one-party authoritarian, and democratic party systems on three parameters; likelihood to emerge, sustainability and durability. By applying a variety of statistical techniques to a comprehensive dataset on post-V\^orld War II elections, this study shows that under competitive authoritarianism, elections are less likely to be party-structured than in democracies, and that competitive authoritarian party systems are markedly less sustainable and durable than systems in the other categories, especially in democracies. These findings are in accordance with the theory according to which competitive authoritarian institutions are epiphenomena, reflecting the distribution of power in the polity but not shaping it. Their emergence and survival are consequences rather than causes of the stability and success of contemporary autocracies.

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“…Some of them have maintained the absolutist-like asset. Yet, many others have introduced minimally competitive elections and/or limited forms of power-sharing at the legislative level, although the power of the king remains unchallenged (Herb, 2004).…”

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Was it worth the trouble? Limited competition and citizen well-being under authoritarian rule

Cassani

2016

Riv. Ital. Sci. Polit.

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The last part of 20th century saw the collapse of a dramatic number of dictatorships. Rather than democracy, several of these transitions brought regimes where limited political competition coexists with persistently authoritarian practices. The diffusion of this form of authoritarianism in the developing world raises several questions about its broader consequences. Most importantly, does political change short of democratization matter for ordinary citizens? Recent research demonstrates that nominally democratic institutions, even in the absence of people empowerment, can result in better living conditions. The paper adds to this debate by formulating and testing new hypotheses. I compare electoral authoritarianism with democracy and full dictatorship, including specific subtypes of the latter, and focus on both policy outputs and outcomes.

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Princes and Parliaments in the Arab World

Cited by 40 publications

References 32 publications

Who Supports Honor-Based Violence in the Middle East? Findings From a National Survey of Kuwait

Who Supports Honor-Based Violence in the Middle East? Findings From a National Survey of Kuwait

Authoritarian Party Systems: Patterns of Emergence, Sustainability and Survival

Was it worth the trouble? Limited competition and citizen well-being under authoritarian rule

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