The eclipse of Arab authoritarianism and the challenge of popular sovereignty

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 919-930

  Khashan, Hilal ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; AUTHORITARIANISM; DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL REFORM; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 84861476224     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2012.687509     Document Type: Article

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