This study discusses the relation between political trust and contentious activism in non-
democratic regimes, via quantitative and qualitative analysis of three countries in the Middle …

The argument in this essay will be outlined in four parts. I begin by outlining some of the
conceptual and definitional issues associated with 'knowledge'and 'democratic knowledge' …

Extant literature on civic participation in Western democracies demonstrates a linear
relationship between increased civic participation and a stronger democracy. In general, the …

Few studies have examined the role of religiosity and social capital on civic engagement in
the context of a Muslim country. In this paper, we explore the impact of religiosity and social …

ABSTRACT Traditional understandings of Middle Eastern politics place tribes as critical
supporters of ruling families; this dynamic is considered particularly strong within the smaller …

This article is concerned with exploring the political attitudes of a microcosm of university
students, in Egypt and Morocco, which present two different case studies in the Arab world …

Rentier state theory (RST) remains the dominant literature on state-society relations in the
Arab States of the Gulf, yet by focusing on case studies of three ostensibly 'rentier'states …

Qatar had emerged as one of the most prosperous countries globally, and it has
experienced rapid development in terms of infrastructure, economic growth and the quality …

The social scientific analysis of Saudi Arabia is at a certain crossroad. The UNDP's Human
Development Report, already put its emphasis on inequality and still existing restrictive …

现有关于西方民主国家公民参与的文献表明: 公民参与的增加和民主的强大之间存在线性关系.
学术辩论通常围绕这种关系的确切因果机制展开, 包括向政府问责, 公民学习“民主技能” …