After the Arab Uprisings: Progress and Stagnation in the Middle East and North Africa

by Shamiran Mako and Valentine M. Moghadam

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Why were some, but not all the Arab mass social protests of 2011 accompanied by relatively quick and nonviolent outcomes in the direction of regime change, democracy, and social transformation? Why was a democratic transition limited to Tunisia, and why did region-wide democratization not occur? After the Arab Uprisings offers an explanatory framework to answer these central questions, based on four key themes: state and regime type, civil society, gender relations and women's mobilizations, and external influence. Applying these to seven cases: Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Bahrain, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, Valentine M. Moghadam and Shamiran Mako highlight the salience of domestic and external factors and forces, uniquely presenting women's legal status, social positions, and organizational capacity, along with the presence or absence of external intervention, as key elements in explaining the divergent outcomes of the Arab Spring uprisings, and extending the analysis to the present day.
  • ISBN13 9781108429832
  • Publish Date 22 July 2021 (first published 21 July 2021)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cambridge University Press
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 264
  • Language English