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dc.contributor.authorWimmen, Heikode
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-09T08:35:47Z
dc.date.available2014-05-09T08:35:47Z
dc.date.issued2014de
dc.identifier.issn1863-1053de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/38559
dc.description.abstract"In early 2011, popular movements in Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria protested against authoritarian and corrupt regimes and political leaders. They mobilized on platforms of national unity and accused established leaders of exploiting historical divisions along religious and sectarian lines to defend their grip on power. These divisions however quickly came back to the fore, leading to the failure of the movements, bitter conflict and, in the case of Syria, to devastating civil war. The purpose of this research paper is to show that these outcomes were brought about by the strategies that regimes and political leaders employed to defeat the challenge that popular movements presented to their rule. To this end, they exploited specific weaknesses that made it impossible for these movements to hold on to the inclusive platforms which initially had gained them support across all social groups. A historical perspective reveals that the success of these strategies resulted from historical experiences and practices of authoritarian and violent forms of leadership and rule. European policymakers should therefore reject arguments that ethnic or sectarian conflict can only be contained by authoritarian rule. Once they are seriously challenged, authoritarian rulers unfailingly resort to exploiting such conflicts, and add yet another chapter to a history of civil strife that will in turn generate new violence. In divided societies, today's authoritarian stability begets tomorrow’s civil war. Instead, external actors need to seek out and strengthen potentials for participatory governance and for solidarity that cuts across the existing lines of division. The events of 2011 have demonstrated that both exist in these societies, but need help to prevail against divisive rulers." (author's abstract)en
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dc.subject.ddcPolitikwissenschaftde
dc.subject.ddcPolitical scienceen
dc.subject.otherArabischer Frühling; politische/ gesellschaftliche Mobilisierung; Nationale Versöhnung
dc.titleDivisive rule: sectarianism and power maintenance in the Arab Spring: Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon and Syriade
dc.description.reviewbegutachtetde
dc.description.reviewrevieweden
dc.source.volume4/2014de
dc.publisher.countryDEU
dc.publisher.cityBerlinde
dc.source.seriesSWP Research Paper
dc.subject.classozPeace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policyen
dc.subject.classozFriedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitikde
dc.subject.classozPolitical Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Cultureen
dc.subject.classozpolitische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kulturde
dc.subject.thesozBahrainde
dc.subject.thesozBahrainen
dc.subject.thesozIrakde
dc.subject.thesozIraqen
dc.subject.thesozLibanonde
dc.subject.thesozLebanonen
dc.subject.thesozSyriende
dc.subject.thesozSyriaen
dc.subject.thesozNahostde
dc.subject.thesozMiddle Easten
dc.subject.thesozarabische Länderde
dc.subject.thesozArab countriesen
dc.subject.thesozpolitische Entwicklungde
dc.subject.thesozpolitical developmenten
dc.subject.thesozpolitischer Wandelde
dc.subject.thesozpolitical changeen
dc.subject.thesozProtestbewegungde
dc.subject.thesozprotest movementen
dc.subject.thesozautoritäres Systemde
dc.subject.thesozauthoritarian systemen
dc.subject.thesozpolitische Machtde
dc.subject.thesozpolitical poweren
dc.subject.thesozMachtsicherungde
dc.subject.thesozsecuring of poweren
dc.subject.thesozethnischer Konfliktde
dc.subject.thesozethnic conflicten
dc.subject.thesozreligiöser Konfliktde
dc.subject.thesozreligious conflicten
dc.subject.thesozpolitische Gewaltde
dc.subject.thesozpolitical violenceen
dc.subject.thesozsozialer Konfliktde
dc.subject.thesozsocial conflicten
dc.subject.thesozSunnitde
dc.subject.thesozSunnien
dc.subject.thesozSchiitde
dc.subject.thesozShiiteen
dc.subject.thesozBürgerkriegde
dc.subject.thesozcivil waren
dc.subject.thesozpolitische Partizipationde
dc.subject.thesozpolitical participationen
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dc.contributor.corporateeditorStiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
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