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The Arab uprisings and the return of repression
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Abstract
The Arab uprisings of 2011 led to a reassessment of comparative politics research on authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa. The Arab region made its way from area studies into mainstream comparative politics, and research foci have shifted towards civil-military relations and repressi... view more
The Arab uprisings of 2011 led to a reassessment of comparative politics research on authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa. The Arab region made its way from area studies into mainstream comparative politics, and research foci have shifted towards civil-military relations and repression. Ten years later, we observe higher levels of repression across the region, reflecting a diversity of repressive trends. Advocating comprehensive research on this variation, we review recent literature that tackles various dimensions of repression in Arab autocracies. In addition to disaggregating forms and targets of repression, we call for its justifications, agents and transnational dimensions to be considered next to the implications of digital technologies of coercion. We also reflect on how repression affects the possibility of doing research and how we can investigate the proposed dimensions of repression.... view less
Keywords
repression; revolution; Middle East; North Africa; comparative political science; authoritarianism; national state; politics; political system; constitution; political change; science; research; theory; methodology
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 586-611
Journal
Mediterranean Politics, 26 (2021) 5
Issue topic
MENA Political Science Research a Decade after the Arab Uprisings: Facing the Facts on Tremulous Grounds
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2021.1889298
ISSN
1743-9418
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed