Arab Spring-Arab Fall
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A01=Ayfer Erdogan
Arab uprisings
Author_Ayfer Erdogan
authoritarianism
Category=JP
Category=JPS
comparative democratization
democratic transition
Egypt
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Middle East politics
popular protests
Tunisia
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- ISBN 9781793610690
- Weight: 413g
- Dimensions: 151 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Feb 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The popular protests in early 2011 were once seen as a turning point in the history of the Arab world, raising hopes for democracy, freedom, and justice in the Middle East. A decade after the uprisings, these hopes are largely dashed in each country swept by popular protests with the exception of Tunisia. Tunisia became the only democracy in the entire region while Egypt saw its first freely elected president and government thrown out by the army in a bloody coup which resulted in a regime that is no less authoritarian than Mubarak’s. This book provides a detailed analysis of the political, economic, and constitutional developments in Tunisia and Egypt. In the light of the existing literature on comparative democratization, the author explores why Egypt’s path to democratization was eroded by several transitional actors while Tunisian political elite managed to move the country towards democracy. The book centers its focus on the role of the political agents in designing the transition and explores the transitional period with respect to the interactions among the political elite and their cost-benefit assumptions, ideological interests, as well as their commitment to democratic processes.
Ayfer Erdogan is lecturer of modern languages at Yildiz Technical University.
