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Resilient Royals: How Arab Monarchies Hang On

Sean L. Yom; F. Gregory Gause III · Journal of Democracy 23(4), 74–88 · 2012

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Sean L. Yom; F. Gregory Gause III
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DOI 10.1353/jod.2012.0062

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DisputedWhy no Arab monarchy fell to revolution in 2011 is disputed: Menaldo attributes monarchic stability to a political culture that helps rulers make credible commitments, while Yom and Gause attribute it to cross-cutting coalitions, hydrocarbon wealth and foreign patronage, without which monarchies are as vulnerable as other autocracies.