Beyond elections : perceptions of democracy in four Arab countries

Acknowledgements This article is based on work carried out as part of the Arab Transformations Project. We would like to acknowledge the work of the partners on the project and especially the in- country partners that carried out the surveys. Funding The Arab Transformations Project, Political and Social Transformations in the Arab World, was funded under the European Commission’s FP7 Framework [grant agreement number 320214]. Data availability The Arab Barometer and Arab Transformations data sets are publicly available to freely download and use in SPSS and STATA. Arab Barometer III: http://www.arabbarometer.org/waves/arab-barometer-wave-iii/ Arab Barometer IV: http://www.arabbarometer.org/survey-data/data-downloads/ Arab Transformations: https://www.arabtrans.eu/publications-and-reports-/reports/Peer reviewedPostprin