Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees | Journal
What Is Democracy? Promises and Perils of the Arab Spring
June 10, 2013 | Valentine M. Moghadam

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This article focuses on three early cases of the Arab Spring — Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco — to discuss causes and likely outcomes, gender dynamics, prospects for genuine democratization, and the connection between feminist movements and democratization. A comparative and international perspective highlights similarities and differences across the Arab cases and between the Arab Spring and other "democracy waves."
Published in the journal Current Sociology in 2013.