Charting Electoral Practices in the Middle East and North Africa
Call for Papers on Panel “Charting Electoral Practices in the Middle East and North Africa”, BRISMES Conference, Leeds, 4 - 6 July 2008
Elections in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) elicit the fact that multiparty contestation is not to be confounded with democratic governance. At face value, an overwhelming majority of MENA countries have adopted the ‘multiparty game’, conducting regular and contested elections for key government institutions. Yet, despite this spread in contested elections, governance in these countries remains illiberal and government alternation the odd exception.
This panel provides a forum to discuss the practices and roles of multiparty elections across the MENA region. The panel welcomes a wide range of contributions in the field, including case studies, broader cross-national comparisons and theoretical analyses.
Titles and abstracts (250 words) for 20-minute papers, including a short biographical statement, contact details and affiliation should be sent by 28th February 2008 to the panel chairs: Dr. Francesco Cavatorta, Lecturer at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, E-mail: francesco.cavatorta(at)dcu.ie and Dr. Hendrik Kraetzschmar, Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics, Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies University of Leeds, E-mail: h.j.kraetzschmar(at)leeds.ac.uk
For further information on the conference visit: www.leeds.ac.uk/arabic/BRISMES.html
