A region without “spring”: a tenacious tale of poverty, inequality and precarity*

Mansour-Ille, Dina

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“…The Arab Spring demanded ‘bread, liberty and social justice’ – articulating quests for equality against ‘corruption, despotism, and the hegemony of a state that abused their basic rights’ (Mansour-Ille, 2014: 221). Alongside political and economic reforms, it has driven home the message necessitating human rights, social diversity, justice and equality; strengthening democracy and teaching the ‘culture of tolerance’ in the Arab world (Zu’abi, 2018: 964–966).…”

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Spillover democratisation: Reflections from MENA politics

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2021

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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‘Spillover democratisation’ is an ongoing process. It envisages that democratic values, institutions and practices continue to spread and evolve through various pathways – horizontal, geographical and vertical. Yet, possibilities also remain that anti-democracy forces may thwart the process. In Middle East and North Africa (MENA), social and economic rights were not accompanied by civil and political rights. The Arab Spring was a response to this gap: it raised the optimism of achieving democratisation in the MENA region, through geographical and horizontal pathways. However, the promise remains largely elusive at present; rather, we witness the cementing of existing anti-democratic forces. Yet, citizens’ innate support for democracy, sporadic pro-democracy activism and rising consumerism sustain the democratising potentials of the Arab Spring.

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Spillover democratisation: Reflections from MENA politics

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2021

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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A region without “spring”: a tenacious tale of poverty, inequality and precarity*

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Spillover democratisation: Reflections from MENA politics

Spillover democratisation: Reflections from MENA politics

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