The Algerian military's response to the 2019–2020 Hirak protests was relatively peaceful. In
contrast to its violent repression of protests in 1988, and subsequent coup and civil war in …

Purpose This research aims to investigate the influence of political instability, trust and
knowledge on the zakat compliance behaviour of Algerian business owners. Based on the …

In April 2019, mass uprisings in Algeria and Sudan toppled their longtime dictators. Yet the
two countries' paths soon diverged. Protesters in Sudan secured a pact with the regime's …

This textbook offers a systematic and up-to-date introduction to politics and society in the
Middle East. Taking a thematic approach that engages with core theory as well as a wide …

In this book, authoritarian party systems are defined as party systems that exist under the
conditions of authoritarianism. This definition, simplistic as it may seem, departs from some …

Ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are torn
between two visions of progress: a democratic one that seeks to replace the leaders who …

Elections are today part of the ordinary course of political life in authoritarian, democratic
and quasi-democratic settings across the Middle East and North Africa. This chapter outlines …

By focusing on the 2019 Algerian uprising that led to Bouteflika's removal, this article
explores how broad and mass-based convergences of various social and political …

A large body of scholarship shows that autocrats can use corruption strategically to
strengthen their political hold, such as by distributing rents to their supporters. However, this …

State repression covers several and many aspects such as wrongful detention, harassment,
intimidation, torture, beating, and killings within state boundaries. This study adopted a desk …