Arab spring and reorganization of the state

Cizakca, Murat (2011): Arab spring and reorganization of the state.

Abstract

This article assumes that within the next five years or so the bulk of the Islamic world will get rid of their dictators and aims to propose a blue print of governance for the newly emerging democracies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Arab spring; Islam and democracy; Islam and economic development; rule of law; freedom of thought; secularism
• Subjects: Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z12 - Religion; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O53 - Asia including Middle East; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O43 - Institutions and Growth; P - Economic Systems > P5 - Comparative Economic Systems > P50 - General; P - Economic Systems > P1 - Capitalist Systems > P16 - Political Economy

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