POLI 395 Lecture 4: July 11 Arab Authoritarianism
14 Sep 2017
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July 11: arab authoritarianism lundi 10 juillet 2017. Midterm: tuesday july 18th 2017: june 27 -> july 13 material. Essentialism: people in the middle east were highly resistant to change because they have their own way of doing things for several years. The army (primary actor) - the role of army and the way it will undermine the prospects towards democratization. Anyone can be spying on anyone and can report you to anyone. The leaders control society through repression and election opposition. She observes the success and failure of transition towards democratization. This process assumes that there is one path to change and only one outcome = democracy. Democracy for them is defined as being an electoral democracy. Authoritarian regime transitioning --> not necessarily into a democratic regime. Jordan did not witness the process of democratization. No massive request or big pressures on the authoritarian structure.
