Modeling Mechanisms of Democratic Transition in the Arab Uprisings

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ID12980320
AuthorsBertold Schweitzer (0000-0003-3507-6067, University of Dundee, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume24
Issue1
Pages55-66
Publication date2015-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2014.1002196
OpenAlexW2069053145
LanguageEN
References cited18

While the Arab uprisings triggered momentous historical change, in many Arab countries the transition to more comprehensively democratic rule is unfinished or has stalled. Most explanations for the dynamics and the difficulties of democratic transition focus on a number of determinants, such as social, cultural, religious, and economic causes, combined with generalizations on empirical uniformities and actors' propensities. An approach focusing on causal social mechanisms, including environmental, cognitive, and relational ones, promises to provide more complete explanations of how relevant factors interact, why democratic transition does or does not proceed, and what could be done to promote it more successfully. This article critically examines the fruitfulness of modeling democratic transition, for the case of Egypt, using the framework of causal social mechanisms

Democracy · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Focus (optics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance

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