The Political Inclusion working group, led by A.Kadir Yildirim, investigates prospects for establishing pluralistic political systems in a number of the MENA region’s most influential states. The research from this group addresses topics such as the inclusion of marginalized voices in decision-making processes; the establishment of pluralistic systems in ethnically diverse settings; obstacles that hamper the development of inclusive systems, such as corruption and patronage; and the reformulation of state-society relations in the transitioning MENA region. (تقرير موجز بالعربية)
This working group is part of a two-year project that confronts the governance crisis in the Middle East and identifies effective and lasting policy interventions to foster more inclusive and pluralistic states in the region.
A.Kadir Yildirim, Ph.D., Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy Yildirim is a research scholar at the Baker Institute. His main research interests include democratization, politics and religion, political Islam and Turkish politics. His most recent book, "Muslim Democratic Parties in the Middle East: Economy and Politics of Islamist Moderation," analyzes the trajectories of Islamist parties in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey. |
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Mazen Hassan, Ph.D., Cairo University Hassan is an assistant professor of comparative politics at Cairo University and a Carnegie Fellow at Harvard University's Ash Center. He specializes in party systems, electoral systems, new democracies and experimental political science. He has co-authored two books on the Egyptian political system in transition following the 2011 revolution. Hassan’s research examines whether the experiment of substantially increased representation of women and Copts in the Egyptian parliament has led to significant changes in either the introduction of new topics or the discussion of traditional topics through content analysis of parliamentary scripts and interviews. |
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Valentine Moghadam, Ph.D., Northeastern University Moghadam is the director of the International Affairs Program and the Middle East Studies Program at Northeastern University, where she is also a professor of sociology. Her areas of research include revolutions and social movements, transnational feminist networks, and gender, development and democratization in the MENA region. Moghadam's research analyzes Tunisia’s democratic transition — its achievements thus far, its potential as a successful women-friendly democracy, and the challenges that it faces — drawing on new fieldwork to elicit information on women’s legislative priorities and their progress in electoral politics and political leadership. |
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Imad Salamey, Ph.D., Lebanese American University Salamey is the director of the Institute for Social Justice and Conflict Resolution at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon, where he is an associate professor of political science and international affairs. He is also the president of the Center for Arab Research and Development. Salamey’s research aims to answer what constitutes a legitimate and viable state — given communal diversity — by exploring different means for integration and accommodation, such as constitutional revisions, electoral systems, and power-sharing. He presents different political inclusion propositions for multi-communitarian states including Syria, Libya, Yemen, Lebanon and Morocco. |
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Morocco
The PJD, Islam and Governance in Post-2011 Morocco
Edited by A.Kadir Yildirim, Baker Institute
The Party of Justice and Development’s Pragmatic Politics
Amina Drhimeur, Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO), Bonn, Germany
Party of Justice and Development: A Strategy of Differentiation
Beatriz Tomé-Alonso, University Loyola Andalucía, Seville, Spain
Working Under Constraints: The PJD in the Aftermath of the 2016 Elections
Driss Maghraoui,Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
The PJD: The Vanguard of Democracy in Morocco in the Age of Populism and Authoritarian Entrenchment?
Lise Storm, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Action and Reaction: Royal Rhetoric Responds to the PJD
Sarah J. Feuer, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Tunisia
Islam and Politics in Post-2011 Tunisia
Edited by A.Kadir Yildirim, Baker Institute
The Reconfiguration of Ennahdha’s Recruitment Strategy in Tunisia
Maryam Ben Salem, University of Sousse, Tunisia
A Doomed Relationship: Ennahdha and Salafism
Sabrina Zouaghi, Laval University, Quebec
Francesco Cavatorta, Laval University, Quebec
Where are Ennahdha's Competitors?
Sharan Grewal, Princeton University
Too Strategic for the Base: How the Nidaa-Ennahdha Alliance has Done More Harm Than Good
Sarah Yerkes, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Islam and Politics in Post-2011 Tunisia: Workshop Report
Adan Obeid, Baker Institute
Check back in the coming months for additional reports and briefs.