"Waiting for Godot": Regime change without democratization in the Middle East

International Political Science Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-392+460

  Albrecht, Holger ^a   Schlumberger, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arab world; Authoritarianism; Legitimacy; Political liberalization; Regime change

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244260221     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512104045085     Document Type: Review

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