Libya, Social Origins of Dictatorship, and the Challenge for Democracy

Journal of the Middle East and Africa

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-81

  Ahmida, Ali Abdullatif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab League; Arab Spring; Libya; Nato; Qaddafi; Revolution; Social media; United Nations; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957796295     PISSN: 21520844     EISSN: 21520852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2012.666646     Document Type: Article

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