Waiting for Godot
Regime Change Without Democratization in the Middle East
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5774980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holger Albrecht (0000-0003-3487-397X), Oliver Schlumberger (0000-0002-1651-5418) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 371-392 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192512104045085 |
| OpenAlex | W2084395037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 113 |
| References cited | 37 |
When will Middle Eastern countries democratize?" is the normative question that guided the literature on regime change in the Arab world during the 1990s. Since significant political changes but no systemic transitions have occurred, this question needs reformulation: what accounts for the persistence of Arab authoritarianism? Escaping thus from the teleological tunnel permits the identification of two major developments. The first is an oscillation between controlled political liberalizations and deliberalizations, and the second consists of five areas of change within regimes: legitimation, elites, institution building, co-optation, and regimes' reactions to external influences. The second trend is particularly crucial for understanding the durability of authoritarianism in the Arab world. Our findings clarify differences, but also provide bases for comparison between the Arab world and those developing regions where political transition did occur
Dissent · Legitimation · Regime change · Political Conflict and Governance · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Turkey's Politics and Society
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Authoritarian Resilience in Mena Countries in the Era of Autocratization
The social contract in Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia
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More Freedom, Less Terror
Schooling the Nation
Youth Activism and Contentious Politics in Egypt
Contesting Authoritarianism
Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism
Arab Media Systems
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Durable, Yet Different
Tunisie
Legitimationsstrategien von Autokratien im Vergleich
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The Impact of the Arab Spring on Islamist Strategies
The 2011 Mena Revolutions
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Analyzing Authoritarian Regime Legitimation
Examining the ‘Post’ in Post-Democratization
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Weaponizing Democratization
Beyond Lies the Wub
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Upgrading Post-democratization Studies
The Convergence of Governance
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Déjà Vu in the Kingdom of Jordan
Inter-state tensions and regional integration
Framing Arab socio-political space
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Neoliberal co-optation and authoritarian renewal
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The Arab Uprisings in Theoretical Perspective – An Introduction
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The Ties that do not Bind
Democratization in the Middle East and North Africa
The Arab uprisings and the return of repression
Decentralization in the Arab world
The tide that failed to rise
Enduring Ambiguity
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The Lived Social Contract in Schools
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More than Repression
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Beautiful authoritarianism
Planning for Sustainability in Non-democratic Polities
The Tunisian General Labor Union and the Advent of Democracy
The consequences of trust and repression on the rise and fall of movements in authoritarian regimes
Morocco
Cultural diplomacy and the reconfiguration of soft power
Static imaginations and the possibilities of radical change
Responses of far right parties to refugees in hybrid regimes
Perceived Competence and Benevolence of Political Institutions as Culturally Universal Facilitators of Political Trust
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Autocracies and policy accumulation
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How Authoritarianism Transforms
Utilitarian and modern
Explaining (and re-explaining) political change in the Middle East during the Arab Spring
Legitimacy and protest under authoritarianism
Reflections on self-reflections – On framing the analytical implications of the Arab uprisings for the study of Arab politics
The two sides of functional cooperation with authoritarian regimes
Elections, legitimacy, and compliance in authoritarian regimes
Divided they stand, divided they fail
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Identity, procedures and performance
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The role of the military in underdeveloped countries.
Revolution from above
Polyarchy
Logik der Forschung
The third wave
Democracy and the Market
Sultanistic Regimes
Democracy in Developing Countries
NGOs, Ingos, GO-NGOs and DO-NGOs
Arab Elites
Egyptian Politics Under Sadat
Reflections on the Dilemma of reform in the middle east
Political Elites in the Middle East
La question de la démocratie dans les travaux sur le monde arabe
Egypt's 2000 Parliamentary Elections
Democracy in Developing Countries, Vol. II
The politics of ‘uncivil’ society in Egypt
Cold War, post-Cold War
Towards Arab liberal governance
Transformation of the corporatist state in the Middle East
Elites in the Middle East
Arab Politics
Distant neighbours
Change and democratisation in the Arab world
Comparing and Miscomparing
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Democratization in the Arab World? The Decline of Pluralism in Mubarak’s Egypt
Democratization in the Arab World? The Trap of Liberalized Autocracy
Democratic Opposition and Democratization Theory
The Arab middle east and the question of democratization
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Arab Politics. The Search For Legitimacy
Human rights discourse and practice as crisis management
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| Unique citing works | 113 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,65 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 113 |