Why Alliances Fail: Islamist and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa

by Matt Buehler

Overview

In Why Alliances Fail, Buehler explores the circumstances under which stable, enduring alliances are built to contest authoritarian regimes, marshaling evidence from coalitions between North Africa's Islamists and leftists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815636076
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	11/23/2018
Series:	Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Matt Buehler is a Global Security Fellow at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and an assistant professor of political science at the University of Tennessee.

Interviews

Analyzes why alliances succeed or fail between two of the most important opposition forces in the Middle East, Islamists, and and leftists.

Editorial Reviews

Buehler's book provides a much needed contribution to our understanding of how cross ideological alliances shape Arab politics. Focusing on party alliances between leftists and Islamists in the Maghreb, his book provides valuable insights into opposition politics and autocratic survival.

Perspecitves on Politics

Theoretically informed, empirically nuanced, and based on years of field work, this book is a model for political scientists engaged in comparative, multi-country studies.

Tel Aviv University Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Buehler has produced a strong, insightful and well-written book packed with original and fascinating evidence on opposition alliances in North Africa. He makes important theoretical and methodological contributions thanks to his systematic theory, well-rounded evidence and the additional step taken to the subnational level, moving beyond a strong national-level analysis.

Journal of North African Studies

Buehler's book constitutes a strong contribution to the scholarly literature on North African politics....Appropriate for advanced undergraduates and required reading for graduate seminars on the Maghreb, Why Alliances Fail is written accessibly and directly, and will hopefully inspire more colleagues to expand our expectations of North African research.

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Buehler skillfully shifts the debates about moderation to focus on the emergence and durability of seemingly unlikely alliances during periods of political change. His typology of cooperation between Islamists and Leftists across national, labor, and urban domains significantly advances our understanding of the conditions that encourage and impinge the formation of opposition alliances strong and durable enough to challenge authoritarian regimes.

Jillian Schwedler

Buehler has produced a strong, insightful and well-written book packed with original and fascinating evidence on opposition alliances in North Africa. He makes important theoretical and methodological contributions thanks to his systematic theory, well-rounded evidence and the additional step taken to the subnational level, moving beyond a strong national-level analysis.-- "Journal of North African Studies"

Buehler skillfully shifts the debates about moderation to focus on the emergence and durability of seemingly unlikely alliances during periods of political change. His typology of cooperation between Islamists and Leftists across national, labor, and urban domains significantly advances our understanding of the conditions that encourage and impinge the formation of opposition alliances strong and durable enough to challenge authoritarian regimes.-- "Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY"

Buehler's book constitutes a strong contribution to the scholarly literature on North African politics....Appropriate for advanced undergraduates and required reading for graduate seminars on the Maghreb, Why Alliances Fail is written accessibly and directly, and will hopefully inspire more colleagues to expand our expectations of North African research.-- "International Journal of Middle East Studies"

Theoretically informed, empirically nuanced, and based on years of field work, this book is a model for political scientists engaged in comparative, multi-country studies.-- "Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Tel Aviv University"

From the Publisher

Buehler's book provides a much needed contribution to our understanding of how cross ideological alliances shape Arab politics. Focusing on party alliances between leftists and Islamists in the Maghreb, his book provides valuable insights into opposition politics and autocratic survival.

Comparative Politics

Theoretically informed, empirically nuanced, and based on years o ffield work, this book is a model for political scientists engaged in comparative, multi-country studies.

Tel Aviv University - Bruce Maddy-Weitzman