The democratic “exceptionalism” which the emirate of Kuwait boasted after 1962 did not survive the 2000’s. Well before the “Arab Spring“, protest movements had taken shape there, demanding more democracy, less corruption and better-functioning institutions. Between 2011 and 2013, the new social media culture gave such demands a new impetus as a youth movement mostly hailing from the tribal periphery was joined by the traditional urban middle class.In the face of this innovative and determined opposition, the Gulf Cooperation Council, driven by Saudi Arabia, also stated its resolve, as it strengthened the institutional security framework by implementing more draconian measures throughout the common area. Does the Al Ṣabāḥ dynasty have the me...
On the outset of any analytical deliberations in the contemporary political and cultural situations ...
At the turn of 2011, turbulent events occurred in the Middle East that have become known all over th...
This study examines the sectarian aspect and narrative of the Arab Spring by comparatively assessing...
The democratic “exceptionalism” which the emirate of Kuwait boasted after 1962 did not survive the 2...
Kuwait has been a precursor to democratization in the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf. The ti...
Based upon fieldwork carried out between 2012 and 2014, this article sheds light on the dynamics of ...
The Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave of protests and rebellions, and a process of regime change and...
Did the Arab Spring effect democratic transition in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries? Wh...
The Arab Spring has had little visible impact on Saudi Arabia, except in the Eastern Province, where...
The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), aided by their rentier nature, have survived as au...
This paper examines the impacts of electoral reforms and the Arab Spring on the activities of the Mu...
This article analyses the evolution of the Islamist political associations and groups, both Shiites ...
Arab Spring Movements, Arab Uprising, awakening, and Arab Revolutions, are among many other terms wh...
The evolution of Kuwaiti opposition groups following changes to the country's electoral law fundamen...
Arab spring, “global political awakening” will be written as one of the most significant moments of ...
On the outset of any analytical deliberations in the contemporary political and cultural situations ...
At the turn of 2011, turbulent events occurred in the Middle East that have become known all over th...
This study examines the sectarian aspect and narrative of the Arab Spring by comparatively assessing...
The democratic “exceptionalism” which the emirate of Kuwait boasted after 1962 did not survive the 2...
Kuwait has been a precursor to democratization in the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf. The ti...
Based upon fieldwork carried out between 2012 and 2014, this article sheds light on the dynamics of ...
The Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave of protests and rebellions, and a process of regime change and...
Did the Arab Spring effect democratic transition in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries? Wh...
The Arab Spring has had little visible impact on Saudi Arabia, except in the Eastern Province, where...
The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), aided by their rentier nature, have survived as au...
This paper examines the impacts of electoral reforms and the Arab Spring on the activities of the Mu...
This article analyses the evolution of the Islamist political associations and groups, both Shiites ...
Arab Spring Movements, Arab Uprising, awakening, and Arab Revolutions, are among many other terms wh...
The evolution of Kuwaiti opposition groups following changes to the country's electoral law fundamen...
Arab spring, “global political awakening” will be written as one of the most significant moments of ...
On the outset of any analytical deliberations in the contemporary political and cultural situations ...
At the turn of 2011, turbulent events occurred in the Middle East that have become known all over th...
This study examines the sectarian aspect and narrative of the Arab Spring by comparatively assessing...