Political Change in the Middle East and North Africa

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Political Change in the Middle East and North Africa is written by Szmolka Inmaculada Szmolka and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1474415318 (ISBN 10) and 9781474415316 (ISBN 13).

Taking a comparative approach, this book considers the ways in which political regimes have changed since the Arab Spring. It addresses a series of questions about political change in the context of the revolutions, upheavals and protests that have taken place in North Africa and the Arab Middle East since December 2010, and looks at the various processes have been underway in the region: democratisation (Tunisia), failed democratic transitions (Egypt, Libya and Yemen), political liberalisation (Morocco) and increased authoritarianism (Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria). In other countries, in contrast to these changes, the authoritarian regimes remain intact (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Arab United Emirates.