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Behind the Ballot Box

Behind the Ballot Box

Winter 1998

Winter 1998

Middle East Report 209 looks at why authoritarian regimes in the region continue to hold electoral exercises.

Table of Contents

Starter

Arcs of Crises
Up Front

"Sanctions Have an Impact on All of Us"
Up Front

Two Faces of Janus
Up Front

Beirut Dispatch
Up Front

Room to Breathe
Articles

Behind the Ballot Box
Articles

Charting Elections in the Middle East
Articles

Mission: Democracy
Articles

Winner Takes All
Articles

Algeria's Contested Elections
Articles

A Paradox of Democracy?
Articles

Perspectives on Elections from the Arab World
Articles

The Malaise of Turkish Democracy
Special Reports

Al Miskin (Winter 1998)
Reviews

Review