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Arab Uprisings and Armed Forces Between Openness and Resistance

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Since late 2010, an unprecedented wave of protests has swept across much of the Arab world. The aim of this paper is to examine the role of the armed forces when confronted with anti-regime uprisings that demand greater political freedoms or even regime change. Drawing on the cases of Tunisia, Egypt...

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Main Author: Lutterbeck, Derek (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: London Ubiquity Press 2011
Series:SSR Papers
Subjects:
Politics & government
Warfare & defence
security sector reform
good governance
arab spring
transition
armed forces
civil-military relations
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Summary:Since late 2010, an unprecedented wave of protests has swept across much of the Arab world. The aim of this paper is to examine the role of the armed forces when confronted with anti-regime uprisings that demand greater political freedoms or even regime change. Drawing on the cases of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria, it argues that the degree of institutionalization of the armed forces and their relationship to society at large can account for different responses to pro-reform uprisings.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (69 p.)
ISBN:bbm
9781911529293
Access:Open Access

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