What is democracy? Promises and perils of the Arab Spring

Current Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 393-408

  Moghadam, Valentine M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; D mocratisation; Democratizaci n; democratization; feminist mobilization; g nero; gender; mobilisation f ministe; movilizaci n feminista; primavera rabe; printemps arabe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878837166     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392113479739     Document Type: Article

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