CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Abdullayev, Anar |
|---|---|
| Title | Arab Spring and the Resilience of Arab Monarchies: the Case of Bahrain |
| Summary | It is generally acknowledged that Arab monarchies have been more resilient to regime change than the Arab republics in the Arab Spring context. I study Bahrain as a critical case of the Arab Spring. Thus, the resilience of Arab Gulf monarchies is usually explained through monarchical legitimacy, rentier state, and alliance building theories. In my thesis I have put to test the three theories and have found that the theory of monarchical legitimacy is the least plausible in terms of explaining the regime stability in Bahrain. This result is achieved through the analysis of opposition narratives which are divided into economic and political demands. Meanwhile, the other two theories maintain a stronger explanatory power. |
| Supervisor | Fetzer, Thomas |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/abdullayev_anar.pdf |
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