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Preference for Democracy in the Arab World
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Abstract "We take a new look at the question of the Arab democratic exception by looking at the preference for democracy among individuals in the Arab world in a comparative context. We use the new sixth wave of the World Value Survey, which was collected between 2012 and 2013, and which included for the fir... view more
"We take a new look at the question of the Arab democratic exception by looking at the preference for democracy among individuals in the Arab world in a comparative context. We use the new sixth wave of the World Value Survey, which was collected between 2012 and 2013, and which included for the first time 12 Arab countries (up from only four in wave 5) and 68 non-Arab countries. We innovate empirically by measuring the preference for democracy over strong rule in a way that, we argue, is more adapted to an understanding of the Arab world than other measures used in past studies. Our statistical analysis reveals a democratic gap in the Arab region compared to global experience, which is especially marked among the more educated individuals, and to a lesser extent among the youth and the middle class. We conclude by discussing the reasons that may explain the Arab exceptionalism, and argue that it is unlikely to be related to culture alone." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Arab countries; political change; democracy; political opinion; value-orientation; conception of democracy; political emancipation
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Arab democratic exceptionalism; Arab Spring; indoctrination
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 16-26
Journal
Politics and Governance, 4 (2016) 4
Issue topic
Multidisciplinary Studies in Politics and Governance
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution