The youth and the Arab spring: Cohort differences and similarities

Middle East Law and Governance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 168-188

  Hoffman, Michael ^a   Jamal, Amaney ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; Democracy; Regimes; Revolution; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860377746     PISSN: 18763367     EISSN: 18763375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187633712X632399     Document Type: Article

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