The Logic of Cooperation in Autocracies

Jens Heibach is a postdoctoral research fellow at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies in Hamburg, Germany. He received his PhD from Philipps University of Marburg. He has published in the Democratization and Middle Eastern Studies journals, as well as in the International Encyclopedia of Political Science and Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition.

List of Illustrations vii List of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 1. Launching Cooperation The Emergence of the Joint Meeting Parties 28 2. Upgrading Cooperation The Consolidation of the Joint Meeting Parties 69 3. Broadening Cooperation Reaching Out to New Allies 116 4. Discrediting Cooperation The Joint Meeting Parties in the Yemeni Uprising 160 Conclusion

Heibach cleverly uses a single case to explore the conditions that guide cross-ideological cooperation in opposition and in government. He thus brings much-needed attention to the importance of organizational evolution and does so in a context in which organizational politics are too often dismissed." - Stacey Philbrick Yadav, author of Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice Amid War "Heibach studies how the Joint Meeting Parties evolved over time, not only providing an unparalleled understanding of the internal workings of an opposition alliance but also following the record of this remarkably sustained effort as it operated under conditions that varied wildly from local elections to national uprising." - Nathan J. Brown, George Washington University "Establishes Heibach as one of only a handful of experts on contemporary Yemeni politics and as a perceptive observer of the dynamics of regime-opposition contention in Yemen and beyond. ...A highly engaging read that deserves a place on the book shelves of all those interested in understanding contemporary Yemen and the politics of opposition cooperation more broadly." - Hendik Jan Kraetzschmar, University of Leeds