Elites and Arab Politics: New Perspectives on Popular Protest

by Ian Kelly

Book Overview

This work explains elite behaviour in authoritarian systems and proposes why elites withdraw their support for the incumbent when faced with popular uprisings. Building upon foundations drawn from institutional authoritarianism and synthesised with local context from the substantial scholarship on the Middle East and North Africa, the book argues that the elite supporting autocrats come from three distinct cadres: the military, the single-party...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036752841X
• ISBN13: 9780367528416
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"